Fir Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1989. Cottage.

Fir Cottages

WRENN ID
fading-lead-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 June 1989
Type
Cottage
Address
Fir Cottages, 1 and 2, the Moor, Hawkhurst
OS grid reference
TQ 755 295
Coordinates
51.03827, 0.50206
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fir Cottages is a pair of cottages built around 1800. They are timber framed and weather-boarded, topped with a plain tiled roof. The building has a double span roof over a rectangular block and stands two storeys high on a plinth, featuring a hipped roof and a central chimney stack. The windows are regularly arranged, with three glazing bar sashes on the first floor and two on the ground floor. Originally, there was a central doorway, but this has been altered to feature a half-glazed door on the left side and a boarded door on the right side, both with a flat hood above. The cottages are included for their group value.

Local climate

Fir 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 greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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