Brenchley Manor Oast is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Oast house.
Brenchley Manor Oast
- WRENN ID
- dusted-thatch-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Oast house
- Address
- Brenchley Manor Oast, Brenchley Road, Brenchley and Matfield
- OS grid reference
- TQ 675 421
- Coordinates
- 51.15409, 0.39467
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brenchley Manor Oast is an oasthouse that has been converted into a house, likely built in the late 19th century and converted in the late 20th century. It features Flemish bond brickwork, with the first floor of the stowage covered in weatherboarding.
The building is located to the northwest of Brenchley Manor. The stowage has a roof that runs north to south and includes two kilns at the north end, one attached to the north end and another on the west side, both having a square plan. A conservatory was added to the west side in the late 20th century.
The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical east front that has seven windows on one side and one window for the kiln. The roof is hipped at the left end of the stowage and features a pyramidal roof with a cowl on the kiln, which has a band of brick cogging below the roofline. The stowage includes a pair of tall plain doors on the left, a smaller door to the right, and small-pane casement windows, one of which has been converted from a loft opening. The kiln has one round-headed window on the ground floor and a two-light casement window on the first floor.
This building is included for its group value with Brenchley Manor.
Local climate
Brenchley Manor Oast 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 lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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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