Alderden Old Manor and Alderden Manor is a Grade II* listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1952. A Tudor House.

Alderden Old Manor and Alderden Manor

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 June 1952
Type
House
Period
Tudor
Address
Alderden Old Manor and Alderden Manor, Sponden Lane, Sandhurst, TN18 5NR
OS grid reference
TQ 796 291
Coordinates
51.03368, 0.56034
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Alderden Old Manor and Alderden Manor is a house that dates back to the 16th century or earlier, featuring timber framing. The building has been extended and restored in the 20th century. The left part of the house is close-studded, while the right part is box-framed. It stands two storeys tall and has five windows. The roof is hipped and tiled, with one clustered brick chimney stack; the base of this stack is from the late 16th century, while the top has been restored. There is also a 16th-century external brick chimney stack with tumbling in and two flues set diagonally to the left. The house has two hipped dormers and casement windows with wooden mullions and transoms, featuring diamond-shaped leaded panes. On each floor, two windows have two tiers of four lights, with the eastern window on both floors flanked by small windows. The ground floor features a six-light oriel window. There is a 20th-century four-centred arched doorcase with rose and pomegranate designs in the spandrels. The side elevation includes a 20th-century doorcase in a similar style, with wheels in the spandrels and high stops. The rear elevation has a brick ground floor and is tile hung above. Attached to the rear is a timber-framed building with plaster infill, believed to be a resited 15th-century barn. Inside, the lounge boasts early 17th-century panelling and a very fine Jacobean overmantel with pilasters and angels.

Local climate

Alderden Old Manor and Alderden Manor sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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