Old Workhouse Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. A C17 Cottages. 5 related planning applications.
Old Workhouse Cottages
- WRENN ID
- peeling-moulding-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Old Workhouse Cottages, 1-3, Chiddingstone, TN8 7AL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 503 458
- Coordinates
- 51.19248, 0.15027
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are a timber-framed range of two storeys and an attic, dating probably to 1601. Originally five windows wide, the building has been restored. The roof is steeply pitched and tiled, with rebuilt chimneys at the centre and ends, and four gabled dormers. The first floor is tile-hung with brick infill, partially painted. The foundation is of coursed freestone. The windows are leaded casements in oak frames. Inside, a large inglenook fireplace and exposed timbers are present. A lean-to addition extends from the rear.
Local climate
Old Workhouse Cottages receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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