Little Glassenbury is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1967. House. 1 related planning application.
Little Glassenbury
- WRENN ID
- fading-sandstone-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Little Glassenbury, Glassenbury Road, Cranbrook & Sissinghurst, TN17 2QG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 744 364
- Coordinates
- 51.10108, 0.48998
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Glassenbury is a house that originally dates from the 17th century, with later 18th-century cladding. It is timber-framed and sits on a red brick plinth, featuring tile hanging, with a ground floor made of red and blue brick on the center and left sides. The roof is plain tiled, half-hipped to the right, and has deep overhanging eaves on the half-hip. The building has two storeys, with a tall brick ridge stack located to the right of center and an end stack on the left. The windows are arranged irregularly, with three on the first floor and five on the ground floor, all featuring 18th-century wood-framed lattice casements. The central entrance has double boarded doors topped by an 18th-century flat hood.
To the left, there is a long, stepped 20th-century extension that is single storey at the front and two storeys at the back, connecting to a converted barn. On the right side, a long catslide roof extends, with a half-hipped gable end projecting above to the left. Inside the house, there is heavy framing, including heavily jowled posts and a very wide stack, with a side purlin roof.
The barn to the left, which dates from the 17th century with an 18th-century addition, is also timber-framed and features red brick and tile cladding, with some exposed framing on the south side. The interior consists of five bays, with jowled posts supporting curved braces on the walls, and the roof is enclosed.
Local climate
Little Glassenbury 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 greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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