Frid Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1980. House.

Frid Cottages

WRENN ID
spare-footing-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 October 1980
Type
House
Address
Frid Cottages, 1 and 2, Bethersden
OS grid reference
TQ 931 414
Coordinates
51.1393, 0.75905
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Frid Cottages, located at Frid Corner in Bethersden, is a former farmhouse dating from the 17th century or earlier. This double L-shaped building features a timber frame that has been refaced with red brick. It has a modillion eaves cornice and a hipped tiled roof. The building includes three casement windows.

Local climate

Frid Cottages sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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