South Lodge, Benenden School is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1993. Lodge.
South Lodge, Benenden School
- WRENN ID
- swift-turret-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 1993
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- South Lodge, Benenden School, Cranbrook Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 802 332
- Coordinates
- 51.07016, 0.57105
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
South Lodge at Benenden School is a lodge built around 1880 by George Devey for the Cranbrook estate. It is designed in a picturesque style. The ground floor is constructed of stone rubble with ashlar quoins, while the first floor features a combination of pebbledash and a timber-framed gable with eclectic framing and plastered infill. The roof is tiled and includes two groups of paired brick chimneys. The building has two storeys and displays irregular fenestration.
The front of the lodge has a splayed first floor with a seven-light mullion window and a six-light mullion window on the ground floor, both supported by brackets. On the right side, the first floor gable creates an entrance porch on the ground floor, which is defined by six balustrade-like piers and a plank door. There are also two additional ground floor mullion windows and a brick lean-to section at the rear. The left side features a close-studded timber-framed section with curved bargeboards and a two-light mullion window.
Local climate
South Lodge, Benenden School 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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