Oasthouse About 5 Metres West of Prior's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1989. Oasthouse.

Oasthouse About 5 Metres West of Prior's Farmhouse

WRENN ID
dusted-span-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 June 1989
Type
Oasthouse
OS grid reference
TQ 713 348
Coordinates
51.08748, 0.44549
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an oasthouse located about 5 metres west of Prior's Farmhouse, dating from the early 19th century. It features a timber-framed structure that is weather boarded, topped with a plain tiled roof. The building includes red and blue chequered brick roundels, each with tiled conical roofs. There are carriage doors at the centre and at the end right of the stowage, and pigeon-holes can be found on the left return. The main elevation is supported at the wall plate by posts. The roundels are located at the end right and the rear end right, both having a plinth and corbelled eaves.

Local climate

Oasthouse About 5 Metres West of Prior's Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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