The Tanyard is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1984. Farmhouse.
The Tanyard
- WRENN ID
- bitter-attic-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Tanyard, Taylor's Lane, Trottiscliffe
- OS grid reference
- TQ 639 600
- Coordinates
- 51.31557, 0.35142
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tanyard is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It dates from the early 16th century on the right side and was altered around 1840 on the left side. The left side features red brick, which is painted on the first floor, while the right side has red brick on the ground floor and exposed timber-framing with plaster infilling and some curved braces on the first floor. The roof is plain tiled, hipped at both ends, and has two pitches, with the left side being higher. There is a central stack and a stack on the left slope, along with a catslide extension at the right-hand end. The building has two storeys and four windows that are extremely irregular, including a mix of glazing bar sashes on the left and side-hung and sliding casements on the right, with some surviving interior sliding shutters. There is a boarded door located in the second bay from the left. Inside, there are remains of the storeyed end of a hall-house, which may have been the service end. A curious lean-to roof was added in the 16th century to this end, which is visible inside the drawing-room.
Local climate
The Tanyard 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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