Oasthouse Approximately 5 Metres East of Tatlingbury Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Oasthouse.
Oasthouse Approximately 5 Metres East of Tatlingbury Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- turning-chapel-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Oasthouse
- OS grid reference
- TQ 638 450
- Coordinates
- 51.18098, 0.34305
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an oasthouse located approximately 5 meters east of Tatlingbury Farmhouse, dating from the 19th century and likely built in two phases. The structure is primarily made of English bond brick in both red and ochre colors, with some sections being timber-framed and covered with weatherboards. It has a slate roof, and the hop kilns feature coated brick roofs.
The oasthouse is large, with a double depth stowage oriented roughly east-west, and the west end faces the farmyard. The stowage is open on the ground floor along the north side. The rear section of the stowage does not extend the full length, and there are two hop kilns located behind the east end of the northern stowage. At the eastern end, there is a cluster of four hop kilns, with two on each side of a narrow extension of the northern stowage.
On the exterior, the north side of the stowage has five bays, featuring an open arcade supported by plain posts at ground level. At the first floor, there are two plain plank doorways leading to loading hatches and three horizontal sliding sash windows, all from the 19th century. The double gable west end has a similar loading hatch doorway on the left, complete with a sack hoist, and a similar window on the right above a wide cart entrance. The hop kilns are circular in shape with a cogged brick eaves cornice. One of the kilns to the south of the stowage is missing its roof, while the other five have tall conical roofs with cowls.
Inside, the oasthouse features plain but sturdy carpentry. This notable structure is part of an attractive group alongside the medieval Tatlingbury Farmhouse and its 17th-century barn.
Local climate
Oasthouse Approximately 5 Metres East of Tatlingbury Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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