Little Shepherds is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1967. House. 4 related planning applications.

Little Shepherds

WRENN ID
weathered-flint-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 June 1967
Type
House
Address
Little Shepherds, High Street, Cranbrook & Sissinghurst, TN17 3EN
OS grid reference
TQ 772 359
Coordinates
51.09554, 0.53058
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Little Shepherds is a house located on the north side of Cranbrook High Street. It dates from the 17th century, with a front added in the mid-18th century and some alterations made in the early 19th century. The building is timber framed and weatherboarded, featuring a string course. It has a plain tiled roof with a modillion eaves cornice and end brick stacks. There are three flat-headed dormers placed irregularly on the roof. A brick chimney-breast is located on the west wall. The house has two storeys and attics, with a regular three-window front. The outer bays have two-storey canted and weatherboarded bays. The central entrance features a panelled door surrounded by a moulded architrave, topped with a fanlight and an open triangular pediment supported by brackets.

Local climate

Little Shepherds 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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