Astrolabe at Benenden School is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1993. Astronomical instrument. 8 related planning applications.
Astrolabe at Benenden School
- WRENN ID
- dusted-vestry-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 1993
- Type
- Astronomical instrument
- Address
- Astrolabe at Benenden School, Cranbrook Road, TN17 4AA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 801 337
- Coordinates
- 51.07471, 0.56961
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Astrolabe at Benenden School is a late 19th-century cast iron pillar. It is set on a millstone base and features plumed decoration. At the top, it is adorned with a circular sundial and an astrolabe.
Local climate
Astrolabe at Benenden School 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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