Church Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1977. A Late Medieval Barn, house. 2 related planning applications.
Church Barn
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-forge-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1977
- Type
- Barn, house
- Period
- Late Medieval
- Address
- Church Barn, Brick Kiln Lane, Horsmonden, TN12 8EJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 704 381
- Coordinates
- 51.11722, 0.43355
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church Barn, now a house, dates from around 1500, with later conversion in the late 20th century. It is timber framed and weather boarded, with a plain tiled roof and a sandstone base. The barn is two stories high, featuring four irregular wooden casements on each floor, and a full-height glazed entry bay in the centre, with a boarded door. There are outshots to the right and to the rear.
Originally, the barn comprised six bays. The southernmost bay was originally floored over to create a loft, partitioned off from the rest of the building and featuring mortices for a mullioned window. The roof is an unmoulded crownpost construction with irregular bracing. The walls are of large panel framing. The interior has been fitted out for domestic use. Historical sources describe the roof and timber framing, including irregular bracing, and note the original bay’s loft with window mortices.
Local climate
Church Barn receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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