Sandhole Farm Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1987. Cottage.

Sandhole Farm Cottages

WRENN ID
deep-beam-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Constituency
Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 February 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Sandhole Farm Cottages, Birling
OS grid reference
TQ 694 606
Coordinates
51.31948, 0.43003
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sandhole Farm Cottages is a group of cottages dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. They are constructed with a timber frame and have elevations of limewashed plaster that are patched with brick. The north gable features creosoted weatherboarding, and there is exposed framing on the first floor to the left of the right half. The cottages have half-hipped roofs covered with plain tiles, with the left side being higher. There is an end stack with a projecting chimney breast and two small gabled dormers, both located on the right side. The left section has two storeys, while the right section has one storey with an attic. The front is irregular, with four windows on the left and two on the right. There is a panelled door located off-centre to the right of the left-hand block. At the rear, there is a tall projecting gabled wing with lean-to and catslide additions and extensions.

Local climate

Sandhole Farm Cottages 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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