Willow Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1989. Barn. 2 related planning applications.

Willow Barn

WRENN ID
cold-flint-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 October 1989
Type
Barn
Address
Willow Barn, Grovehurst Lane, Horsmonden, Tonbridge, TN12 8BQ
OS grid reference
TQ 716 407
Coordinates
51.14039, 0.45206
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century barn located on Grovehurst Lane in Horsmonden. It is timber-framed and weatherboarded with a plain tiled roof. The barn has four bays and a half-hipped roof, with a raking porch on the centre left side. There are shuttered ground-level flint openings on the return elevations, and a loft door above. A lean-to addition extends from the rear. The barn is surrounded by later additions, primarily from the 20th century. It is included on the list for group value.

Local climate

Willow Barn 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 — 4 transactions since 1995
  • 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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