Carthouse Approximately 40 Metres West of Chalket Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Carthouse.
Carthouse Approximately 40 Metres West of Chalket Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- turning-barrel-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Carthouse
- OS grid reference
- TQ 623 402
- Coordinates
- 51.13864, 0.31959
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The carthouse, located approximately 40 meters west of Chalket Farmhouse, is a 17th-century structure that has been significantly rebuilt in the 19th century and is currently used as a garage. It features stretcher bond red brick construction on a base of large coursed blocks of sandstone, topped with a peg-tile roof.
The carthouse is oriented roughly north-south and includes a large doorway at the north end, while a smaller doorway at the south end has been blocked. The long sides of the building are divided into three bays by brick piers, with the walls between slightly recessed. The roof is half-hipped at the north end, which is weatherboarded and has a modern metal pivoting garage door. The south end has a hipped roof and includes two timber uprights that appear to have once served as doorway jambs, suggesting that a doorway was originally raised above the footings for loading carts directly.
Inside, the carthouse consists of three bays. The northern truss is from the 17th century and features a tie-beam truss with clasped side purlins and queen struts, while the southern truss is similar but likely a 19th-century reproduction.
This cartshed is a charming building that is associated with the nearby Chalket Farmhouse.
Local climate
Carthouse Approximately 40 Metres West of Chalket Farmhouse 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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