Bessels Cottage Heath Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.

Bessels Cottage Heath Cottage

WRENN ID
twisted-niche-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
Bessels Cottage Heath Cottage, Bessels Green Road, Chevening, TN13 2PT
OS grid reference
TQ 506 555
Coordinates
51.27874, 0.15824
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Heath Cottage and Bessels Cottage are adjoining buildings that were formerly one residence. Heath Cottage dates from the late 17th century or early 18th century and features two storeys and an attic with five windows. It has a very high pitched tiled roof with one flat dormer and later end chimneys. The walls are roughcast, and it has sash windows with glazing bars. There is a modern projecting gabled porch and a two-storey, one-window left extension from the early 19th century. Bessels Cottage, built in the early 18th century, also has two storeys and an attic, with four windows. It has a high pitched tiled roof with three flat dormers and is constructed of painted brick. The sash windows, dating from the 18th or early 19th century, have glazing bars, and there is a round window in a recess on the first floor to the left. A large hipped tiled central modern porch completes the façade. The King's Head Public House, Dormers, and garden wall contribute to the group value of Heath Cottage and Bessels Cottage.

Local climate

Bessels Cottage Heath 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 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 2011
  • 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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