School Museum (The Old Chapel) Tonbridge School is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 1972. Museum. 1 related planning application.

School Museum (The Old Chapel) Tonbridge School

WRENN ID
young-jade-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Constituency
Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 January 1972
Type
Museum
Address
School Museum (The Old Chapel) Tonbridge School, High Street, TN9 1SG
OS grid reference
TQ 591 470
Coordinates
51.2001, 0.27609
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The School Museum, also known as The Old Chapel, is located on the west side of High Street and dates back to 1859. It was designed by architects Wadmore and Baker and is constructed from sandstone ashlar with a tiled roof. The building features six windows, which consist of either one or two trefoil-headed lancets. It has not served as a chapel since 1892.

Local climate

School Museum (The Old Chapel) Tonbridge School 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.

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