Town Farm Oast is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. A C19 Oast house. 2 related planning applications.
Town Farm Oast
- WRENN ID
- low-buttress-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Oast house
- Address
- Town Farm Oast, Church Close, Brenchley and Matfield, TN12 7NH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 679 417
- Coordinates
- 51.15042, 0.40055
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an oasthouse, likely dating from the mid-to-late 19th century, converted into a house. It occupies a prominent location at the eastern edge of Brenchley village, opposite the parish church. The construction is a stowage frame, with some areas weatherboarded and others tile-hung on the first floor. It features a brick kiln with a conical roof and cowl, and has peg-tile roofs.
The stowage roof runs at right angles to the road, aligned north-south, with a two-span roof that is half-hipped to the north and fully hipped to the south. A 20th-century entrance is located at the north end, accompanied by a recessed porch and a garage door to the right. The west elevation of the stowage contains one first-floor window and two ground-floor windows. The southern return has two large 20th-century windows. The kiln also incorporates substantial 20th-century openings, including a French window at its south end. Brick cogging runs below the eaves. The interior has not been inspected. The property is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
Town Farm Oast 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 lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2006
- 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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