The Priest's House at Sissinghurst Castle is a Grade II* listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1967. A Tudor House. 6 related planning applications.

The Priest's House at Sissinghurst Castle

WRENN ID
weathered-landing-thrush
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
Period
Tudor
Address
The Priest's House at Sissinghurst Castle, Biddenden Road, Cranbrook & Sissinghurst, TN17 2AB
OS grid reference
TQ 808 383
Coordinates
51.11602, 0.58205
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Priest's House at Sissinghurst Castle is a house that was likely originally connected to the main block of the house built around 1570. It dates back to the 16th century and is constructed of red brick, with some stone and a mix of cemented and red brick dressings. The building features a parapetted roof with tumble-parapetted gables on each side, and there are diagonally-placed pinnacles and globes on each gable. A central stack is present, and the gables on the east and west sides include dormers, with the main ridge running north and south. The house has two storeys and an attic, with transom and mullioned windows that have stone and cemented surrounds and drip-moulds on the first floor to the east and on both the first and ground floors to the north. Wooden casements with lattice glazing are found elsewhere. There is a boarded door in a later extension to the south, along with 20th-century extensions to the south and west. Although the Priest's House was not part of the circa 1570 house, it may have been attached to it and could pre-date the main house.

Local climate

The Priest's House at Sissinghurst Castle 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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