The Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1985. House.
The Cross
- WRENN ID
- patient-basalt-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cross, Malling Road, Mereworth
- OS grid reference
- TQ 661 537
- Coordinates
- 51.25907, 0.38019
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cross is a house that was formerly an inn, built in the 18th century. It is constructed of red brick with a wide plinth made of coursed rubble stone and a brick band. The roof is plain tiled and features a modillion eaves cornice. The building has two dormers and a stack on the left side. It stands two storeys high with an attic and has three windows; on the first floor, there are two glazing bar sash windows on the left and a blind panel on the right. The ground floor has two sash windows, with a 19th-century shop front inserted to the right. There is a panelled door that leads up six steps to the right, and a rectangular cellar light is located to the right as well. Additionally, there are shorter supporting one-storey wings with half-hipped roofs that were added later to both the left and right sides.
Local climate
The Cross receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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