Open Sided Barn at Tongswood Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1996. Barn.

Open Sided Barn at Tongswood Farm

WRENN ID
guardian-porch-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1996
Type
Barn
Address
Open Sided Barn at Tongswood Farm, Water Lane, Hawkhurst
OS grid reference
TQ 776 310
Coordinates
51.05119, 0.53384
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The open-sided barn at Tongswood Farm is likely a hay barn used for making silage, dating from the late 19th century. It is part of Tongswood Farm, a model farm established for William Gunther, who raised prime bulls for export to Argentina. The barn has a rectangular shape, with a base made of red brick in Flemish bond and a superstructure of timber framing featuring a pattern of diagonal braces and a half-hipped tiled roof. Built into the side of a hill, it has two small wooden doors at the top and a large entrance at the bottom. Grass would be brought in at the lower end and shovelled out at the upper end when well rotted, with the open sides allowing gases to escape. This barn played a significant role in the raising of the bulls.

Local climate

Open Sided Barn at Tongswood Farm 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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