196 and 198, Butchers Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
196 and 198, Butchers Lane
- WRENN ID
- silver-shingle-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 196 and 198, Butchers Lane, Mereworth, ME18 5QF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 659 545
- Coordinates
- 51.266, 0.37799
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 196 and 198 on Butchers Lane are a pair of 16th-century cottages, which were once thought to have included an oast-house. The cottages feature exposed timber framing with brick and plaster infilling and have a plain tiled roof. They are two storeys tall and have an irregular arrangement of 19th-century casement windows on both floors. There is also a one-bay, two-storey brick addition from the 19th century on the north side.
Local climate
196 and 198, Butchers Lane 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
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- 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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