Shepherds is a Grade II* listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1952. A Tudor Cloth hall, house. 2 related planning applications.
Shepherds
- WRENN ID
- secret-cellar-honey
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1952
- Type
- Cloth hall, house
- Period
- Tudor
- Address
- Shepherds, High Street, Cranbrook & Sissinghurst, TN17 3EN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 773 359
- Coordinates
- 51.09583, 0.53106
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shepherds is a cloth hall that has been converted into a house. It dates back to the 16th century and was refronted in the early 18th century. The building features a timber frame at the rear, while the front block is constructed of red brick set on an ashlar base. It has a moulded wooden cornice supported by end brick pilasters, with a brick parapet that conceals the tiled roof. The building has two storeys and a regular five-window front, with glazing bar sashes that have gauged heads; the first-floor windows are set under cut brick lintels. The central entrance includes a panelled door with a transom light above, framed by a wooden architrave and topped with a flat hood on brackets. At the rear, there are large timber-framed wings from the 16th century, which have been truncated.
Local climate
Shepherds 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
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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