Hollyhock Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1984. Cottage.
Hollyhock Cottage
- WRENN ID
- mired-plaster-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Hollyhock Cottage, the Street, Bredhurst
- OS grid reference
- TQ 796 623
- Coordinates
- 51.33166, 0.5775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hollyhock Cottage is a 17th-century cottage located on the west side of The Street in Bredhurst. The ground floor is constructed of red brick, while the first floor is tile-hung. The side elevations are pebble-dashed, and the roof is covered with plain tiles, featuring a half-hipped design at both ends. The cottage is two storeys high and is positioned at right angles to the road. There is a projecting stack on the left side elevation, and the gable end has a 20th-century two-light casement window. To the right, there is a plank door with a central glazed light.
Local climate
Hollyhock Cottage 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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