Brook House is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1952. Bank, former house. 8 related planning applications.
Brook House
- WRENN ID
- scarred-spire-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1952
- Type
- Bank, former house
- Address
- Brook House, 43, Swan Street, West Malling, ME19 6HF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 681 578
- Coordinates
- 51.29457, 0.41038
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brook House is a bank that was formerly a house, built in the 18th century. The front was altered in the mid-19th century and restored in the late 20th century after a fire. The front is stuccoed and incised to imitate masonry, featuring a renewed mansard slate roof and a brick chimneystack. The building has two storeys and attics, with five windows. It is flanked by giant pilasters topped with stone urns. There are three pedimented dormers with pilasters and stone brackets. The windows are recessed 12-pane sashes with horns and keystones. A large central Tuscan doorcase features a triglyph frieze and engaged columns, and there is a moulded stucco plinth. A low stuccoed wall encloses the forecourt. Notably, Dr. Johnson was a visitor here.
Local climate
Brook 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 — 5 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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