Gilwyns is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. Cottage.
Gilwyns
- WRENN ID
- burning-trefoil-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Gilwyns, Chiddingstone Corner
- OS grid reference
- TQ 497 454
- Coordinates
- 51.18826, 0.14157
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gilwyns is a 16th-century cottage that has undergone alterations and extensions. The original section on the left is two storeys high and features two windows. It has a tiled roof with a prominent left hip and a rebuilt ridge stack. The first floor is tile hung, while the ground floor is made of brick. The windows are modern casements with leaded diamond panes, and there is a plain door located under a small pent hood. To the right, there is a projecting 19th-century extension with one window and two storeys. Old Gilwyns and Gilwyns are part of a group of buildings.
Local climate
Gilwyns receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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