Stable Block Approximately 8 Metres West of Firtree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Stable block.
Stable Block Approximately 8 Metres West of Firtree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- little-forge-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Stable block
- OS grid reference
- TQ 541 392
- Coordinates
- 51.13164, 0.20228
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This small stable block, dating from the early to mid 19th century, is located approximately 8 meters west of Firtree Cottage in Speldhurst, Langton Green. It is constructed from coursed blocks of sandstone and features a peg-tile roof.
The stable is oriented on a rough north-south axis and faces east towards Firtree Cottage. It is a single-storey building with a low profile. The central doorway is full height and contains a plain plank two-flap stable door with an overlight featuring glazing bars. There is one window on each side of the doorway, both topped with low stone segmental arches and projecting keystones. These windows contain 20th-century casements with glazing bars. To the left, the lower tack room is set back and has a front doorway and a window in the same style. The roof has a gable end that slopes down to a lower level over the tack room, and all gables are finished with stone coping.
Although the interior has not been inspected, this attractive small stable once served the nearby Langton House and is part of a notable group of varied listed buildings around The Green.
Local climate
Stable Block Approximately 8 Metres West of Firtree Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% 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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