The Priory is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1966. House. 1 related planning application.
The Priory
- WRENN ID
- other-obsidian-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Priory, 3, Church Road, TN1 1JJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 584 394
- Coordinates
- 51.13281, 0.26291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Priory is a pair of houses located on Church Road, dating from around 1827 and designed by Decimus Burton. No 2 is a three-storey building constructed of ashlar stone, topped with a slate roof featuring three gables and cornices. It has three casement windows with hood mouldings and 'Gothick' heads on the ground floor. Central French windows are set in a three-light bay, which has crenellations above, and the building features an ogee arch and a plinth, with steps leading to the street.
No 3, on the right side, is also from around 1827 and consists of two storeys with a basement and attics, made of ashlar stone. It has a slate roof with one dormer and a projecting section that contains two casements with hood moulding on the upper floor. The ground floor windows also have 'Gothick' heads, and there is a plinth with nine steps leading to the street, accompanied by a cast iron handrail. To the left, there is a mid-19th century extension with a gable, featuring a three-light mullion window on the second floor and a four-light mullion window on the first floor, both with hood mouldings above. Nos 2 and 3, along with Holy Trinity Church and the surrounding walls, form a cohesive group.
Local climate
The Priory 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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