School Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1993. House. 1 related planning application.
School Farm
- WRENN ID
- half-moulding-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 1993
- Type
- House
- Address
- School Farm, Cranbrook Road, Benenden, TN17 4EU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 785 337
- Coordinates
- 51.07507, 0.54803
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
School Farm is a house that was formerly a farmhouse, dating from the 17th century or earlier. The building features a timber frame and was refronted in the 19th century, with windows updated in the 20th century. The ground floor is constructed of red brick, while the first floor is tile hung. It has a steeply pitched tiled roof with a central brick chimney stack. The house stands two storeys high and has three windows, which are 20th-century casements. There are also two 20th-century bays on the ground floor. The central entrance has a doorcase with a panelled 20th-century door and a tiled hood above.
Local climate
School 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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