Nut Tree Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1952. House. 4 related planning applications.

Nut Tree Hall

WRENN ID
fallow-transept-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Constituency
Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 August 1952
Type
House
Address
Nut Tree Hall, Grange Hill, Plaxtol, TN15 0RG
OS grid reference
TQ 603 538
Coordinates
51.26145, 0.29683
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nut Tree Hall is a house dating from the 16th century, which features a continuous jetty design. It was restored and altered in the early 20th century by Charles Harrison Townsend for Sir William Allchin, who was the physician to Edward VII. The north front has a stone plinth with close-studded timber-framing above, filled with plaster. The continuous jetty is supported by exposed joists and brackets, stepping down under the right-hand gable. The roof is plain tiled with return gables at both ends, a ridge stack to the right, and a hipped semi-dormer in the center. The gables have scalloped barge-boards. The house has two storeys and three windows with diamond lattice casements, along with small rectangular oriels under the jetty at each end.

On the east front, the close-studded framing continues, with the left-hand section likely being a later addition. This side has two storeys and an irregular two-window front, also with diamond lattice casements. The entrance is located on the ground floor to the right and is glazed.

Inside, the hall features brought-in panelling. The dining room includes a 16th-century fireplace with chambered bressumers and brought-in panelling with a low reeded cornice. The sitting room has a first-floor gallery added around 1905 by Townsend. The drawing room contains a 16th-century fireplace with a chamfered bressumer. Additionally, there is a crown post in the first-floor room at the north-west corner, which supports the roof of the right-hand return gable of the north front.

Local climate

Nut Tree Hall 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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