Rose Cottage the Well Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. Cottages. 2 related planning applications.
Rose Cottage the Well Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lost-pediment-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Rose Cottage the Well Cottage, High Street, Kemsing, TN15 6NA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 555 587
- Coordinates
- 51.3062, 0.22964
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rose Cottage, also known as The Well Cottage, is likely of 16th-century origin. It is a two-storey, three-window building. The ground floor features half-timbering with brick infilling, while the upper floor is tile-hung, with a hip gable to the right side adorned with 19th-century ornamental bargeboards. Casement windows are present. The roof is tiled with a hip design, and a central chimney has been partly rebuilt. Rose Cottage, along with The Well Cottage, Castle Bank, and Fairway, forms a group.
Local climate
Rose Cottage the Well 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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