Postern House is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1952. House. 1 related planning application.
Postern House
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-keystone-nettle
- 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
- Postern House, Tower Hill, Offham, ME19 5NE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 659 572
- Coordinates
- 51.2903, 0.37807
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Postern House is a late 16th-century house that features an exposed timber frame with brick infilling, set on a random rubble plinth. The roof is plain tiled and hipped, with an oversized gablet on the right side. There is a corner stack on the right at the angle of the block. The building has two storeys and displays irregular fenestration, with four windows on the first floor and three casement windows to the right on the ground floor. The entrance is located at the rear of the house.
Local climate
Postern House 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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