Rose Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. House. 3 related planning applications.
Rose Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dusted-niche-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rose Cottage, Five Oak Green Road, Capel, TN12 6RL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 647 453
- Coordinates
- 51.18368, 0.35638
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rose Cottage is a house dating from the early to mid-19th century. It is located on the north side of Five Oak Green Road in Capel. The front elevation is constructed of painted Flemish bond brick, while the other sides are timber-framed above the first floor and clad with weatherboards. The house has brick stacks and chimneyshafts, and a slate roof.
The house has a double depth plan, with front and back rooms on either side of a central entrance hall containing the main staircase. Principal rooms are located at the front, while service rooms are at the rear. It is two storeys high, and has a symmetrical two-window front with 16-pane sashes. The ground floor windows are set within low segmental arches. The central front doorway features a 19th-century six-panel door under a tented hood. The hood's front gable is decorated with diagonal planks and supported by curving timber struts. The roof is hipped at both ends. The interior was not inspected when the building was recorded.
Local climate
Rose Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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