Briars is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1989. House.
Briars
- WRENN ID
- stark-belfry-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1989
- Type
- House
- Address
- Briars, Mile Lane, Goudhurst
- OS grid reference
- TQ 739 377
- Coordinates
- 51.11293, 0.48382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Briars is a house, now divided into a pair of houses, that dates from the 17th century or earlier, with cladding from the 18th century. It has a timber frame, with red brick on the ground floor and tile hanging on the first floor. The building features a lobby entry and has been extended, including a cross-wing. It is two storeys high with a hipped roof and a central right stack, while the gablet of the cross-wing overhangs to the right. The left bay is an addition, consisting of one storey and an attic, with a flat-roofed semi-dormer. There are four wooden casements on both the first and ground floors, along with a boarded door to the left and another to the centre right. The cross-wing on the right has a higher and steeper hipped roof. Some exposed timber framing can be seen in the interior.
Local climate
Briars 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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