The Well Springs is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1984. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

The Well Springs

WRENN ID
lunar-cinder-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Constituency
Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 May 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
The Well Springs, Rectory Lane, Ightham, TN15 9AJ
OS grid reference
TQ 593 562
Coordinates
51.28336, 0.28302
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Well Springs is a cottage dating from the 17th century and early 18th century. It features a box timber-frame structure with brick infill on the ground floor and rendered walls on the first floor. The roof is plain tiled, half-hipped to the left and hipped to the right, with two hipped dormers. The building has two storeys and an attic, with two casement windows. At the rear, there is a catslide extension and an entrance.

Local climate

The Well Springs 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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