Top Hill House is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1993. House. 9 related planning applications.
Top Hill House
- WRENN ID
- kindled-bastion-azure
- 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
- House
- Address
- Top Hill House, Town Hill, West Malling, ME19 6QN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 681 580
- Coordinates
- 51.29663, 0.4098
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Top Hill House is a house that was originally built around 1790 and was later altered and enlarged in the 19th century. It was constructed by Edward Martin, a blacksmith who lived at the nearby Town Hill Cottage. The former forge located at the back of the house was integrated into the living space through a 19th-century linking structure that created a new entrance door. The front part of the house dates to around 1790 and is made of red brick with some grey headers, featuring a hipped slate roof. The building has three storeys and two windows on the front, which includes two sashes with marginal glazing. It also has a modillion eaves cornice and a plinth. The 19th-century linking range is made of brick and has a gabled slate roof, with a canted bay on the first floor.
Local climate
Top Hill 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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