Lees Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 1987. A C18 or earlier House. 1 related planning application.

Lees Cottage

WRENN ID
solemn-brass-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 October 1987
Type
House
Address
Lees Cottage, Lees Road, Yalding, ME18 6HB
OS grid reference
TQ 695 499
Coordinates
51.22335, 0.42666
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lees Cottage is a house that dates from the 18th century or earlier. It has a timber frame, with the front elevation and left gable end covered in channelled render. The right gable end and wing are weatherboarded, while the first floor at the rear is tile-hung. The roof is made of plain tiles and is built at right angles to the road, facing west. The house has two storeys and features a stone plinth to the right of the door and a red and grey brick plinth to the left. The roof is half-hipped, and there is a projecting red and grey brick stack towards the rear of the left gable end, along with a multiple brick ridge stack to the left of centre. The windows are irregularly arranged and consist of two three-light leaded casements. A boarded door is accessed by three stone steps located under the stack. To the right, there is a rear return wing with higher eaves, a gabled roof, a projecting red and grey brick gable end stack, and a brick lean-to along the long left side. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Lees Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
  • 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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