Congregational Church is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1986. A C19 Church.
Congregational Church
- WRENN ID
- silver-roof-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1986
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Congregational Church, High Street, Cranbrook & Sissinghurst
- OS grid reference
- TQ 775 360
- Coordinates
- 51.09616, 0.53462
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Congregational Church, built in 1857, is designed in a Neo-Gothic style. It features yellow brick construction with stone dressings. The wooden clerestorey has simple pointed arched windows, and the roof is tiled with gabled sections, complete with gable parapets and finials. A traceried oculus is located in the gable, and below it are two tall lancet windows with geometrical style tracery. The entrance includes a steeply gabled porch with double planked doors that have strap hinges.
Local climate
Congregational Church 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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