Goudhurst Butchers, House Attached and Rear Courtyard is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1989. House, shop.

Goudhurst Butchers, House Attached and Rear Courtyard

WRENN ID
gentle-sill-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 June 1989
Type
House, shop
Address
Goudhurst Butchers, House Attached and Rear Courtyard, the Plain
OS grid reference
TQ 722 376
Coordinates
51.11269, 0.45919
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Goudhurst Butchers is a house and shop located on The Plain in Goudhurst. It dates from the 17th century or earlier, with a front that was altered in the early 19th century and further modified in the mid-20th century. The building features red and blue chequered brick on the ground floor, tile hanging on the first floor, and a slate roof. It is two storeys high, set on a dressed sandstone plinth, with a hipped roof and stacks on the right and rear right.

On the first floor, there are three glazing bar sash windows, and on the ground floor, there are two sash windows along with a panelled door located to the centre right, which is accessed by five steps and topped with a moulded cornice hood. To the left, there is a projecting mid-20th century shop front that is single storey with a flat roof, featuring a tiled frontage, plate glass windows, and a tiled interior that includes a glazed cash desk.

At the rear, there is a courtyard enclosed by a brick wall that projects from the house, standing about seven feet high and sloping down to double boarded gates, alongside an attached outhouse. The rear wing is half-hipped and tile hung, dating from the 17th century or earlier.

Local climate

Goudhurst Butchers, House Attached and Rear Courtyard 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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