Oak Beams is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1984. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Oak Beams
- WRENN ID
- roaming-bailey-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Oak Beams, Long Mill Lane, Platt, TN15 8NA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 622 566
- Coordinates
- 51.28587, 0.32522
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oak Beams is a 16th-century farmhouse that was restored in the 20th century. It is constructed with exposed timber framing, with painted brick infilling on the ground floor and plaster infilling between the widely spaced timber framing on the first floor. The roof is tiled and hipped, with a single hipped dormer and a ridge stack positioned to the left. The house has two storeys, featuring four casement windows on the first floor and three on the ground floor. A modern, centrally positioned gabled weather-porch has been added.
Local climate
Oak Beams receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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