Barn and Oasthouse at Mount Hall Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1993. Barn, oasthouse. 2 related planning applications.
Barn and Oasthouse at Mount Hall Farm
- WRENN ID
- moated-dormer-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 1993
- Type
- Barn, oasthouse
- Address
- Barn and Oasthouse at Mount Hall Farm, Stepneyford Lane, Benenden
- OS grid reference
- TQ 828 338
- Coordinates
- 51.07459, 0.60862
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn and oasthouse at Mount Hall Farm is a Grade II listed structure located on Stepneyford Lane in Benenden. The barn dates back to the 16th century and was altered in the late 18th century or early 19th century when the oasthouse was added. It is a timber-framed barn consisting of three bays, clad in weatherboarding with a brick plinth. The roof is hipped and covered with tiles, featuring a central cart entrance. The barn has jowled posts and a tie beam, but lacks tension braces. There is a midrail to the wall plate and wattle and daub infill. The early 19th-century oasthouse is attached to the barn, with its ground floor made of red brick and the first floor weatherboarded. It has a hipped tiled roof and includes one square oast with landing doors that still retain its drying racks. One end of the barn is used for stabling cart horses.
Local climate
Barn and Oasthouse at Mount Hall Farm sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% 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 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- 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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