Rose and Crown Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1984. Cottage.
Rose and Crown Cottage
- WRENN ID
- unlit-baluster-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Rose and Crown Cottage, Sheet Hill, Plaxtol
- OS grid reference
- TQ 600 543
- Coordinates
- 51.26586, 0.29254
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rose and Crown Cottage is a 17th-century cottage located on the west side of Sheet Hill in Plaxtol. It features a random rubble stone plinth with exposed timber framing above, which is filled with plaster. The cottage has a steep thatched hipped roof with wide projecting eaves and a rear stack positioned to the right. It is two storeys high and has an irregular front with three windows, which include a mix of 19th-century and 20th-century casements. The entrance to the cottage is located at the rear.
Local climate
Rose and Crown Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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