Stables at Babbs Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. A 18th century Stables.
Stables at Babbs Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-casement-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Stables
- Period
- 18th century
- Address
- Stables at Babbs Farmhouse, Babbs Lane, Benenden
- OS grid reference
- TQ 791 329
- Coordinates
- 51.06761, 0.55529
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stables at Babbs Farmhouse date from the 18th century or earlier and feature a hayloft above. This timber-framed building has a ground floor that is faced in weatherboarding on a brick plinth. The first floor displays exposed framing, which includes ogee bracing and plastered infill. The roof is hipped and covered with tiles. There is a weatherboarded outshut on the northeast side. The hayloft retains a plank door on the left, while a corresponding opening on the right has been blocked. A central post is made from reused timber and has a mortice hole. There is also a plank door on the right and a similar blocked door on the left.
Local climate
Stables at Babbs Farmhouse 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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