Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Yew Tree Cottage

WRENN ID
gilded-iron-hemlock
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
Yew Tree Cottage, Redwell Lane, Ightham, TN15 9EH
OS grid reference
TQ 589 558
Coordinates
51.27935, 0.27775
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Yew Tree Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that has undergone significant alterations. It features exposed timber-framing with red brick infill and has a plain tiled roof that is hipped to the left, topped with a central ridge stack. To the right, there is a 20th-century extension made of red brick, which has tile-hanging above and one semi-dormer. The cottage is two storeys high and has four casement windows. The entrance is located off-centre to the right and includes a boarded door with a modern hipped-roofed weather porch. Additionally, there are modern extensions at the rear.

Local climate

Yew Tree Cottage 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2007
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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