Lilley Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Lilley Farmhouse

WRENN ID
open-finial-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 August 1990
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Lilley Farmhouse, Sherendon Lane, Capel, TN11 0PD
OS grid reference
TQ 629 456
Coordinates
51.18728, 0.32969
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Lilley Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the early 19th century, although some parts may be older. The building is primarily constructed of Flemish bond red brick, featuring decorative burnt headers. The front ground floor is finished in plastered brick, while the first floor is tile-hung with timber-framing. It has brick stacks and chimney shafts, and a slate roof.

The house has an L-shaped plan, with the main block facing southwest. It consists of a two-room layout on either side of a central entrance hall that contains the main staircase. The left room is likely the parlour and has a gable-end stack, while the right room, probably the original kitchen, features a large projecting gable-end stack. There is a one-room service block that projects at right angles to the rear of the kitchen.

The farmhouse is two storeys high, with a single-storey service outshot in the angle between the two blocks. The exterior has a symmetrical three-window front with 19th-century 16-pane sash windows. The ground floor windows are centrally located within tripartite sash windows, which have low segmental brick arches above them. The central doorway features a 19th-century part-glazed six-panel door and is sheltered by a porch with a monopitch roof supported by plain posts. The main roof is gable-ended, while the roof of the rear block is hipped. The rear of the house includes some 19th-century casement windows with glazing bars.

The interior was not available for inspection at the time of the survey.

Local climate

Lilley Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Sherendon Farmhouse Grade II 595 m
  2. Tudeley Hall Grade II 786 m
  3. Church of All Saints Grade I 799 m
  4. Hale Farmhouse Grade II 832 m
  5. 9 and 10, Bampton Bank Grade II 859 m
  6. Hale Farm Oast House the Oast Barn Grade II 868 m
  7. Jubilee Fountain Grade II 871 m
  8. Somerhill Cottages Grade II 914 m
  9. Old School Cottages Grade II 919 m
  10. Crockhurst Street Cottages Grade II 933 m