Terrace Walls Around the South and East Sides of Somerhill Including the Sunken Lake Approximately 5 Metres North of the Somerhill Stable Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Terrace walls. 2 related planning applications.
Terrace Walls Around the South and East Sides of Somerhill Including the Sunken Lake Approximately 5 Metres North of the Somerhill Stable Yard
- WRENN ID
- open-bracket-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Terrace walls
- Address
- Terrace Walls Around the South and East Sides of Somerhill Including the Sunken Lake Approximately 5 Metres North of the Somerhill Stable Yard, TN11 0NJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 609 451
- Coordinates
- 51.18289, 0.30105
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The terrace walls and sunken lane around the south and east sides of Somerhill were built around 1879. They are made of local sandstone ashlar. The terraced garden lawns on these sides of the main block of Somerhill are supported by stone ashlar walls that rise as short parapet walls with plain flat coping and feature square terminal posts. The eastern wall extends northward, ending at a contemporary sunken service lane that runs along the northern side. This lane is deep and narrow, with battered walls. A pedestrian bridge spans the lane, featuring walls on each side that match the style of the terrace wall parapets. The bridge connects the house side of the walled gardens to the north.
Local climate
Terrace Walls Around the South and East Sides of Somerhill Including the Sunken Lake Approximately 5 Metres North of the Somerhill Stable Yard receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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