70 and 72, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 1974. Commercial building. 2 related planning applications.
70 and 72, High Street
- WRENN ID
- young-spindle-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 June 1974
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 70 and 72, High Street, TN1 1YB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 583 389
- Coordinates
- 51.12777, 0.26091
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 70 and 72 on High Street are a pair of mid-19th century buildings. They are three storeys high and feature wood that is grooved to imitate masonry, topped with a slate roof. The buildings have two sashes with intact glazing bars and one casement window. The shopfronts extend out over the street. These properties, along with Nos 64 to 78, form a cohesive group.
Local climate
70 and 72, High Street 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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