Broomlands Including Retaining Wall to the Terrace to the South is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. House. 7 related planning applications.
Broomlands Including Retaining Wall to the Terrace to the South
- WRENN ID
- winding-pier-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- House
- Address
- Broomlands Including Retaining Wall to the Terrace to the South, Broom Lane, Speldhurst, TN3 0RA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 544 389
- Coordinates
- 51.12873, 0.20598
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, likely dating to the 1840s, although it may incorporate an earlier structure, with additions made in 1908 using matching materials. It is believed to have been built as a dower house associated with Holmewood. The house is constructed from rusticated local sandstone ashlar, with a slate roof featuring lead rolls, and incorporates stacks with stone shafts, with the service stacks rendered. A retaining wall of rock-faced sandstone serves the terrace to the south.
The house is oriented along an east-west axis, with a south-facing garden elevation and the main entrance on the north side toward the east. The main block features two principal rooms facing south, one of which projects to create a canted bay. A third principal room is situated within a single-room plan north wing, which is itself canted at its northern end. An original service block is located to the northwest, and this was extended in 1908. An axial corridor runs along the north side of the main block, housing the staircase.
The north-facing elevation has an asymmetrical arrangement of 2:3:1:2 bays, with a three-window canted wing at the end. A flat-roofed stone porch, likely dating to 1908, is situated at the extreme left, featuring a moulded cornice and a panelled front door. A platband runs along the first-floor sill level across the two leftmost bays and the canted wing. The south-facing garden elevation comprises 5:1:3:2 bays, with the 5 bays forming the 1908 service wing. A conservatory, constructed in 1989 on stone footings and featuring small-pane windows with margin glazing, occupies the area to the right of the canted bay. Various 19th-century sash windows are present; these include 8-pane sashes with margin panes, a 24-pane sash on the first floor, and a 20-pane sash on the ground floor. A one-light fixed window with margin panes is positioned to the right of the porch. A lower-roofed block at the right end is thought to be the original service wing. The terrace wall to the south is distinguished by its curved coping stones.
Interior features include surviving early 19th-century plaster cornices and joinery, such as shutters. Fireplaces have been altered with replaced chimney-pieces or have been blocked. The open string staircase features slender turned balusters, with later replacement newel posts.
Local climate
Broomlands Including Retaining Wall to the Terrace to the South receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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