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Latitude: 51.0512 / 51°3'4"N
Longitude: 0.5338 / 0°32'1"E
OS Eastings: 577690
OS Northings: 131038
OS Grid: TQ776310
Mapcode National: GBR PTY.3S8
Mapcode Global: FRA D60B.MSQ
Plus Code: 9F323G2M+FG
Entry Name: Open Sided Barn at Tongswood Farm
Listing Date: 11 October 1996
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1268435
English Heritage Legacy ID: 461822
ID on this website: 101268435
Location: Gun Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN18
County: Kent
District: Tunbridge Wells
Civil Parish: Hawkhurst
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Tagged with: Agricultural structure
TQ 73 SE HAWKHURST WATER LANE
(east side)
1351/10/10005
Open-sided barn at Tongswood Farm
GV II
Open-sided barn, probably hay barn for making silage. Late C19, part of Tongswood Farm, a model farm built for William Gunther who raised prime bulls for export to Argentina. Rectangular structure with base of red brick in Flemish bond and superstructure of timberframing with pattern of diagonal braces and half-hipped tiled roof. It is built into the side of a hill and has two small wooden doors at the top and a large entrance at the bottom. The grass would be brought in at the lower end and shovelled out at the upper end when well rotted and the open sides were designed to let out the resultant gases. This building played a major part in the raising of the bulls.
Listing NGR: TQ7750030802
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