The Old Barracks is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1952. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Barracks
- WRENN ID
- tilted-granite-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Barracks, Cranbrook & Sissinghurst, TN17 2LG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 781 373
- Coordinates
- 51.1076, 0.54374
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Barracks is a building that was originally a cloth hall, now serving as a house. It dates back to the 15th century, with alterations made in the 16th century and late 19th century. The structure is timber-framed, featuring weatherboard cladding on the ground floor and tile-hung walls on the first floor, which are swept out in a bellcast shape over a cornice. The roof is plain tiled and hipped, with a central hipped dormer. There are projecting stacks at both ends, with one on the right and another on the left, as well as a main stack located to the rear, slightly left of center. The building has two storeys and attics, with a slightly irregular front that has four windows. The windows are very large late 19th century metal-framed lattice casements.
To the right of the center, there is a doorway with a wide half-glazed Tudor arched moulded door surround, topped by an 18th-century flat hood supported by brackets. There is also a doorway with a flat hood at the right end of the building. At the rear, there are 19th-century extensions, including a hipped wing to the left and a range of four gables to the right.
Inside, the building features a four-bay frame with a two-bay crosswing addition. The ground floor has heavily jowled wall posts with curved braces, and there are roll-moulded ceiling beams. The dining room includes plank and muntin panelling.
Local climate
The Old Barracks 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2016
- 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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