Lowyns is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 1975. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Lowyns
- WRENN ID
- empty-floor-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 1975
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lowyns, Roughway Lane, Plaxtol, TN11 9SN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 618 529
- Coordinates
- 51.25319, 0.31831
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lowyns is a farmhouse that features a late 18th-century front but has an earlier structure, possibly dating back to the 16th century. The building has a coursed rubble stone plinth and a distinctive red and blue brick chequer pattern, along with a plat band and a parapet with a band. It has a hipped plain tiled roof and stands two storeys tall with a three-window front, which includes glazing bar sashes. The central entrance is accentuated by a projecting Doric columned porch, accessed by three steps, leading to a panelled door with a rectangular overlight. There is an insurance mark present on the building. The rear exhibits a mix of casements and glazing bar sashes, while at the extreme left on the ground floor, there is a low four-light stone mullioned window that dates back to the 16th or early 17th century. Additionally, there is a two-storey addition to the west.
Local climate
Lowyns 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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