27, Bell Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1987. House.
27, Bell Lane
- WRENN ID
- iron-passage-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- 27, Bell Lane, Staplehurst
- OS grid reference
- TQ 782 430
- Coordinates
- 51.15897, 0.54825
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 27, also known as Bell Cottage, is a house located on Bell Lane in Staplehurst. It was originally built as cottages in the late 17th century or 18th century and has undergone some alterations in the 19th century. The structure is timber framed and weatherboarded, with the first floor of the right gable end being tile-hung. It features a plain tile roof and consists of three timber-framed bays, including a central stack bay, and is positioned at right angles to the road. The building has two storeys and a garret, with a half-hipped roof and a brick ridge stack located towards the centre. The fenestration is irregular, comprising three leaded casements: two are three-light and one is a central two-light. There is a ribbed door situated towards the right end of the rear lean-to. Inside, the cottage showcases exposed framing, bevelled cross-beams and joists, plain brick fireplaces with chamfered bressumers, and a staggered butt purlin roof with high collars.
Local climate
27, Bell Lane 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 lower than that of 60% 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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