Andrew Smith Huntsman Stedham Stedham (85 and 97) Andrew Smith (89) Huntsman (91) and 83 Is the Flat Behind is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1993. Shop with living accommodation. 3 related planning applications.

Andrew Smith Huntsman Stedham Stedham (85 and 97) Andrew Smith (89) Huntsman (91) and 83 Is the Flat Behind

WRENN ID
iron-step-russet
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
Shop with living accommodation
Address
Andrew Smith Huntsman Stedham Stedham (85 and 97) Andrew Smith (89) Huntsman (91) and 83 Is the Flat Behind, 83 and 87, High Street, West Malling, ME19 6NA
OS grid reference
TQ 680 577
Coordinates
51.29384, 0.40862
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building consists of three shops with living accommodation, dating from around 1870 and designed in a Gothic style. It is constructed from random ragstone rubble and features a tiled roof along with two elaborate stock brick chimneystacks. The structure is two storeys high with attics and has a total of eight windows.

Number 87 is notable for its two projecting gables that include kneelers and a central gargoyle. The attic features lancet windows, while the first floor has a central casement with mullions and transoms, adorned with 'chinoiserie' glazing, flanked by lancets with a similar design. The ground floor showcases a fine 19th-century shopfront with four arches and trefoil spandrels, a rusticated arch on the right side, and a splayed corner on the left. The left side elevation has a ground floor made of stone rubble and an overhanging first floor with applied eclectic timber-framing, along with a six-panelled door.

The rear elevation includes sash windows with stock brick dressings. Numbers 89 and 91 feature a large central gable topped with a finial. The second floor has paired lancets with 'chinoiserie' glazing, although this is only preserved on the right side. The first floor has two sash windows without glazing bars and end lancets that no longer have 'chinoiserie' glazing. The ground floor has a 19th-century shopfront with panelled risers for No 89 and a later splayed shopfront for No 91, along with a cambered pedestrian entrance to the right. Number 89 also displays an elaborate 19th-century iron clock mounted on brackets and a central iron lamp bracket.

Local climate

Andrew Smith Huntsman Stedham Stedham (85 and 97) Andrew Smith (89) Huntsman (91) and 83 Is the Flat Behind 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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