The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1993. House. 3 related planning applications.

The Old House

WRENN ID
former-panel-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 July 1993
Type
House
Address
The Old House, Queen Street, Sandhurst, TN18 5JA
OS grid reference
TQ 798 284
Coordinates
51.02732, 0.56333
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Old House is an 18th-century brick house on Queen Street, Sandhurst. It is constructed of red brick with grey brick headers and has a tiled roof with brick chimneystacks at each end. The building is two storeys high with an attic, and has three windows facing the street. A brick cogged eaves cornice and string course run along the top of the facade. The windows are casement windows with leaded lights. The ground floor features two canted bays, and a gabled weather porch. A brick outbuilding is located at the rear.

Local climate

The Old House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% 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 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 — 4 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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