86 and 88, Grove Hill Road is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1966. Pair of houses. 4 related planning applications.
86 and 88, Grove Hill Road
- WRENN ID
- ragged-wall-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1966
- Type
- Pair of houses
- Address
- 86 and 88, Grove Hill Road, TN1 1ST
- OS grid reference
- TQ 588 390
- Coordinates
- 51.12841, 0.26938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of houses dating to about 1830, located on Grove Hill Road. The houses are two storeys high and constructed of stucco. They feature pilasters that flank the front facade. A prominent eaves cornice runs along the top. An iron balcony is positioned on the first floor and is supported by a hood resting on trellised iron columns; this balcony is itself supported by a colonnade along the ground floor. Each house has two windows. The ground and first floors retain original French windows, while the upper floors have sash windows with intact glazing bars.
Local climate
86 and 88, Grove Hill Road 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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