Raised pavement fronting The Star and Eagle Hotel, to Spyways is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1989. Raised pavement.

Raised pavement fronting The Star and Eagle Hotel, to Spyways

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 June 1989
Type
Raised pavement
Address
Raised pavement fronting The Star and Eagle Hotel, to Spyways, High Street, Goudhurst
OS grid reference
TQ 723 377
Coordinates
51.11353, 0.46066
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The raised pavement in front of The Star and Eagle Hotel, known as Spyways, dates from the 18th century to the mid-20th century. It features a sandstone and red brick retaining wall. The wall in front of the hotel is made of stone, is parapetted, and stands about 1.5 meters high. It includes a central flight of stairs and has a hotel signpost integrated into it. The parapet steps down to the right, leading to a set of steps that provide access to a passage between the former Lloyds Bank and the former Eight Bells Inn. The pavement in front of the ladder is retained by a brick wall approximately 1.2 meters high, which has wooden posts for bar-rails and steps on both the left and right sides, also featuring a pub-sign post (though the sign itself has been removed). To the right, the raised platform known as Spyways consists of irregular revetted stone terracing with a flight of steps winding up the center.

Local climate

Raised pavement fronting The Star and Eagle Hotel, to Spyways 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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