Fir Tree Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1984. Cottage.

Fir Tree Cottages

WRENN ID
roaming-screen-cobweb
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
Fir Tree Cottages, 1 and 2, Maidstone Road, Platt
OS grid reference
TQ 617 572
Coordinates
51.29124, 0.31884
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 1 and 2 Fir Tree Cottages are a pair of cottages, now combined into one, dating from around 1830. They feature a distinctive chequered pattern of plum and blue brick with red brick dressings. The cottages have a plain tiled pyramidal roof with a stack at the right end. The building stands two storeys high and has two windows; the ground floor has casements while the first floor features glazing bar sashes, all set within gauged head surrounds. The central doorways have flattened ogee heads, although the doorway on the left has been blocked and replaced by a window. This listing is included for its group value only.

Local climate

Fir Tree Cottages 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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