247, Forest Road is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 1974. House.

247, Forest Road

WRENN ID
small-courtyard-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 June 1974
Type
House
Address
247, Forest Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5HT
OS grid reference
TQ 582 375
Coordinates
51.11529, 0.25932
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 247 on Forest Road is a mid-19th century building that is part of the Abergavenny estate, featuring the Abergavenny initials. It has two storeys and an attic, with gables on the front and left side. The front elevation is finished in stucco with a stone ground floor, while the side elevation is made of painted brick. The roof is tiled and includes fretted bargeboards. On the front, there is one mullioned and transomed diamond-paned casement window and one four-light oriel window, along with a simple doorcase.

Local climate

247, Forest Road receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% 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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