Church Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1979. House. 1 related planning application.

Church Cottages

WRENN ID
dim-beam-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1979
Type
House
Address
Church Cottages, 3 and 4, High Street, Biddenden, TN27 8AJ
OS grid reference
TQ 849 383
Coordinates
51.11491, 0.64105
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church Cottages, located on the north side of High Street in Biddenden, is a 18th-century building that has been restored. It is two storeys high, with the ground floor constructed of a combination of brick and render. The first floor features curved tiles hung on its exterior. The building has a tiled mansard roof and includes four casement windows.

Local climate

Church Cottages 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 81% 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 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2008
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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