Francis Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1990. House. 4 related planning applications.
Francis Cottages
- WRENN ID
- sombre-slate-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1990
- Type
- House
- Address
- Francis Cottages, London Road, Hildenborough, TN11 8NQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 556 495
- Coordinates
- 51.224, 0.22703
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Francis Cottages are two small houses, likely dating from the early 18th century. They were originally four cottages. The construction is framed, with the first floor clad in tile hanging, and a peg-tile roof. The buildings feature stacks with brick shafts. The original plan comprised four two-cell cottages, each with a heated room and a service outshot containing the staircase. Back-to-back fireplaces are located in the axial stacks.
The front of the cottages was originally symmetrical with four windows, although it has been altered later. There are paired front doors in the center, now with 20th-century porches. There are four windows to the first floor and four to the ground floor; some are small-pane casements, while others feature 20th-century plate glass casements.
The interior of the left-hand cottage was inspected, and original carpentry and joinery of a plain character remain. The original staircase has a bead-moulded handrail and balusters. There are no jowls to the wallposts.
Local climate
Francis 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 — 4 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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