The Lavenders is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1993. Former house, retirement home. 1 related planning application.

The Lavenders

WRENN ID
frozen-step-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Constituency
Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1993
Type
Former house, retirement home
Address
The Lavenders, 41, Lavenders Road, West Malling, ME19 6HP
OS grid reference
TQ 682 574
Coordinates
51.29094, 0.41203
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lavenders is a former house that has been converted into a retirement home. It dates from the early 19th century and features a rendered exterior with a hipped slate roof. The building is two storeys high and has three windows that are positioned endwise to the road. The front elevation includes casement windows with marginal glazing on the first floor, French windows with blind boxes on the ground floor, and a central doorcase that is adorned with a wooden cornice, pilasters, and panelled reveals. The elevation facing Lavenders Road has three bays, which includes a French window on the ground floor. There is also a one-storey extension on the left side of the building.

Local climate

The Lavenders receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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