Assembly Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1995. Assembly hall. 9 related planning applications.
Assembly Hall
- WRENN ID
- lone-passage-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1995
- Type
- Assembly hall
- Address
- Assembly Hall, Crescent Road, TN1 2LU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 585 394
- Coordinates
- 51.13259, 0.26451
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Assembly Hall, built in 1939 by Percy Thomas and Ernest Prestwich, is located on Crescent Road in Tunbridge Wells. It was designed following a competition in 1934 for a complete set of municipal buildings and features Moderne details. The building is constructed of brown brick with stone coping and a band that reads "ASSEMBLY HALL."
The front of the hall has five bays, with the central three projecting and featuring three narrow windows that have six vertical metal panes adorned with a lotus motif. Above these windows are sculptural stone panels depicting female figures in classical dress, representing Dancing, Drama, and Music. The end bays contain smaller casements with six vertical panes.
On the ground floor, there are five double doors beneath a flat canopy that is ramped up at the sides, complemented by globular lamps on rounded plinths. Inside, the foyer is marked by black full-height columns decorated with gold mosaics and a stylized Greek key design. The staircases are fitted with metal handrails and a marble floor. The auditorium retains its original proscenium featuring rectangular motif decorations, which are echoed in the ceiling of the hall. The interior also includes walnut dado panelling and a balcony.
Local climate
Assembly Hall receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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