Listed Building record TQ 45 SW 97 - OAST HOUSES AT FROGHOLE FARM

Summary

Oast houses at Froghole Farm. Built late 19th century. They are two square kilns with truncated pyramidal plain tile roofs with cowls. They have two attached wings with lower eaves. Both the farmhouse and the oast houses appear in a painting by Rowland Hilder.

Location

Grid reference TQ 4479 5117 (point)
Map sheet TQ45SW
County KENT
Civil Parish WESTERHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1.
5280 WESTERHAM FROGHOLE LANE
Oast-Houses at Froghole Farm TQ 45 SW 44/1499A
II G.V. 2. Oast-houses. Later C19. Brick. Two square kilns with truncated pyramidal plain tile roofs with cowls. Two attached wings with lower eaves on south, the west wing with hipped plain tile roof, one two-light window at eaves in south wall and a window at eaves in west wall. Roof to east wing ends in boarded south gable with a two-light window below it; two small windows at eaves level in east elevation. One small opening near ground level in N. wall of east kiln. The oast-houses form a group with Froghole Farmhouse. Both farmhouse and oast-houses feature in a painting by Rowland Hilder.
Listing NGR: TQ4485750970 (1)

Historic England archive material: BF081662 THE OAST HOUSE, FROGHOLE LANE, CROCKHAM HILL, WESTERHAM


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: Investigation by RCHME/EH Architectural Survey (EKE19937)

Record last edited

Sep 11 2025 2:05PM