Kingsford Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1967. Cottages. 3 related planning applications.
Kingsford Cottages
- WRENN ID
- ancient-rubble-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1967
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Kingsford Cottages, 3, 4, 5, the Street, Benenden, TN17 4DD
- OS grid reference
- TQ 809 328
- Coordinates
- 51.06674, 0.58152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kingsford Cottages comprise three cottages, built in the late 18th century and extended in the 20th century. The ground floor is constructed of red brick with grey brick headers, while the first floor is tile hung. The right side elevation is weatherboarded, and the roof is a Mansard with tiling, hipped to the right. The cottages have two storeys and three windows. There are two flat-roofed dormers in the roof, a wooden modillion eaves cornice and a tiled bell-cast between the ground and first floors. The first floor has three 16-pane sash windows with moulded architraves. The ground floor features three casement windows, some with leaded lights. Number 3 has a 6-panelled door and a 20th-century fan light casement with leaded lights. Number 4 has a mid-19th century triple sash window and a 4-panelled door. Number 5 has a triple window and a 20th-century weatherboarded extension with a wooden door.
Local climate
Kingsford Cottages sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
- 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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