Herschels Dairy is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1967. House. 2 related planning applications.
Herschels Dairy
- WRENN ID
- waning-flue-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Herschels Dairy, Hastings Road, Hawkhurst, TN18 4RR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 757 290
- Coordinates
- 51.03437, 0.50459
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Herschels Dairy is an 18th-century house located on Hastings Road in Hawkhurst. The building is constructed of red brick, with a 20th-century addition on the upper floor made from poorer quality brick. It features a blend of Classical and Gothick styles. The main elevation is single storey, while the return sides are two storeys.
The structure has a plinth and a parapet, with chimney stacks on both the left and right sides. The central section projects forward and includes pilasters and an open brick pediment. This area contains a large semi-circular arched recess with a traceried lunette above a boarded door, flanked by two Y-traceried glazing bar sash windows, all set within pointed arched surrounds. Smaller arched recesses on either side also feature similar sash windows. The left return has two arches with similar sashes, while the right return has an added porch and a glazing bar sash.
The upper sections of the walls give the building an unfortunate box-like appearance, with inappropriate casements on the first floors of the return elevations. The building likely predates Sir John Herschel's purchase of the nearby Collingwood House in 1840, after whom it is named.
Local climate
Herschels Dairy receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 1 transaction since 1996
- 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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