The Red House is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1984. A C17 House.
The Red House
- WRENN ID
- dusk-postern-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Red House, Taylor's Lane, Trottiscliffe
- OS grid reference
- TQ 640 601
- Coordinates
- 51.31682, 0.35213
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Red House is a house dating from the 17th century, with later elevations and additions. It features a timber-framed structure with a red brick ground floor and a tile-hung first floor. The roof is hipped and covered with plain tiles, and there is a stack at the south end. The building has an L-shaped plan with a projecting wing to the right. It is two storeys high, with two windows facing east and one window facing south. There is a central boarded door facing east, which is sheltered by a sloping tiled hood. Additionally, there is a brick extension to the south.
Local climate
The Red House 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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