Stable Block About 20 Metres East of Main Stable Block, Tongswood Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1989. Stable block.

Stable Block About 20 Metres East of Main Stable Block, Tongswood Farm

WRENN ID
stubborn-sandstone-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 June 1989
Type
Stable block
Address
Stable Block About 20 Metres East of Main Stable Block, Tongswood Farm, TN18 5DL
OS grid reference
TQ 776 310
Coordinates
51.05131, 0.53328
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stable block located about 20 metres east of the main stable block at Tongswood Farm is a late 19th-century structure. It features a timber frame and is weather-boarded on a red brick base, topped with a plain tiled roof. The building is single storey and consists of three blocks, with the roof lines stepping up twice to the right. It includes three shuttered and gabled louvres, six half-doors, and mullioned windows on the ground floor. This stable block is part of the model farm complex at Tongswood Home Farm.

Local climate

Stable Block About 20 Metres East of Main Stable Block, Tongswood Farm receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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