Libbits Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1985. Cottage.

Libbits Cottages

WRENN ID
half-sill-spring
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
Libbits Cottages, Seven Mile Lane, Mereworth
OS grid reference
TQ 651 538
Coordinates
51.25974, 0.3659
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Libbits Cottages is an early 19th-century cottage located on the west side of Seven Mile Lane in Mereworth. The front is painted weatherboarding, with red brick between the front sections. It features a hipped tiled roof and stands two storeys high with five windows that have casement frames. A modern porch has been added. This building is included in the heritage register as a good example of a modest domestic structure of traditional regional style.

Local climate

Libbits 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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