Former Lloyds Bank, former Eight Bells Inn and Spyways is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1967. A C15 Commercial, inn. 6 related planning applications.
Former Lloyds Bank, former Eight Bells Inn and Spyways
- WRENN ID
- stranded-lancet-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1967
- Type
- Commercial, inn
- Address
- Former Lloyds Bank, former Eight Bells Inn and Spyways, The Star and Eagle Hotel, High Street, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, TN17 1AL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 723 377
- Coordinates
- 51.11341, 0.46035
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a range of houses that once served as an inn and shops, specifically the former Lloyds Bank and Eight Bells Inn, now part of The Star and Eagle Hotel. It dates back to the 15th century and features a timber frame with some exposed sections and plaster infill, while the ground floor is made of red brick and tile hung above. The roof is plain tiled, with two storeys and an attic, featuring a half-hipped roof at the right with stacks at the rear center right and clustered to the center left, along with three hipped dormers.
The former Lloyds Bank is located at the left end, showcasing four-and three-light leaded casement windows on the first floor, a boarded door, and an 80-paned window in the ground floor extension, with an open passageway to the right that has cusped woodwork. The former Eight Bells Inn is in the center, displaying four-light and three-light mullioned and transomed windows on the first floor, a four-light casement, and paired glazing bar sashes on the ground floor to the right, along with half-glazed doors to the left and center right, leading up a flight of steps. The basement, known as Spyways, features paired sashes and a three-light casement on the first floor, a tripartite sash on the ground floor, and a projecting bay to the right, which is glazed and bracketed out, with a half-glazed door on the left side. The basement also includes a boarded door with a grille, a louvred side opening, and a water tank with a spout set flush with the wall, which is said to have been a lock-up at some point. The entire range has projecting hipped framed rear wings. Despite being built in stages, the various tenures create a unified appearance. The building is noted for its heavily framed interims and inglenooks, with the framing believed to be early in character.
Local climate
Former Lloyds Bank, former Eight Bells Inn and 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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