The Port Reeve's House is a Grade II* listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. Timber-framed house. 1 related planning application.

The Port Reeve's House

WRENN ID
first-copper-clover
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Constituency
Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1950
Type
Timber-framed house
Address
The Port Reeve's House, East Street, TN9 1HP
OS grid reference
TQ 592 466
Coordinates
51.19668, 0.27767
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Port Reeve's House is a notable example of a 15th-century timber-framed house that has been restored after suffering damage during the war. It is situated on a raised bank, with a sandstone front facing the pavement. The building has two storeys and an attic, featuring four windows with plaster infilling. The first floor overhangs, supported by a moulded bressummer and brackets, and is adorned with two wide curved braces. Above this overhanging section, there is a gable that also rests on a moulded bressummer and brackets, complete with moulded bargeboards and an attic window. A small gabled dormer is located on the west side. The roof is tiled.

On both the ground and first floors beneath the gable, there are oriel windows that project on brackets, each containing five lights with wooden mullions and a transom. There are also small windows with two lights on either side of these oriel windows, while the remaining windows are modern. At the east end of the house, there is a large chimney breast made of red brick and sandstone, topped with a brick stack, and a smaller fully brick chimney is located at the west end.

Local climate

The Port Reeve's House 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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