Nos. 18 and 20 Newcomen Road is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 2016. Cottage.
Nos. 18 and 20 Newcomen Road
- WRENN ID
- late-remnant-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 2016
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Nos. 18 and 20 Newcomen Road, 18 &Amp; 20 Newcomen Road, TN4 9PA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 583 404
- Coordinates
- 51.14137, 0.2621
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 18 and 20 Newcomen Road are a pair of model cottages built in 1847-1848. They were designed by the architect Henry Roberts in Tudor style for the Tunbridge Wells Branch of 'The Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes'.
The cottages are constructed of red brick in Flemish bond with vitrified headers, featuring sandstone dressings. The slate roof includes a central red brick chimneystack. The buildings have a symmetrical T-shaped plan, consisting of one storey and attics with projecting front gables. This plan, which includes a front living room, a side lobby with staircase, a rear scullery with copper, pantry, WC, and fuel storage on the ground floor, along with three bedrooms in each cottage above, is illustrated on page 134 of James Stephen Curl's 'The Life and Works of Henry Roberts 1803-1876 Architect'.
The exterior features two central full-height gables, each with three-light ground floor casement windows and two-light attic casements. There are two flanking entrances with 20th-century doors, and No. 20 has a 20th-century porch. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Nos. 18 and 20 Newcomen Road receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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