Garden Wall at the Hermitage is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1993. Garden wall.

Garden Wall at the Hermitage

WRENN ID
vast-span-hazel
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
Garden wall
Address
Garden Wall at the Hermitage, Lucks Hill, West Malling
OS grid reference
TQ 687 578
Coordinates
51.29519, 0.41901
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden wall at The Hermitage is a late 19th-century structure that encloses three sides of a rectangular area. It is primarily constructed of red brick, featuring a corner pier topped with a stone statue of a mythical creature. The wall is built mainly in Flemish bond, with some sections in Sussex bond. There is an entrance that includes a wooden hood and a grille leading to a door.

Local climate

Garden Wall at the Hermitage 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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