Acer Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. House.
Acer Cottage
- WRENN ID
- carved-plaster-summer
- 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
- Acer Cottage, Maidstone Road, Brenchley and Matfield
- OS grid reference
- TQ 660 420
- Coordinates
- 51.15385, 0.37315
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Acer Cottage is a small house built around the late 18th century to early 19th century. The ground floor is constructed of brick, while the first floor features a timber frame and weatherboarding. The roof is covered with peg tiles and there are brick chimney stacks.
The house is situated on the roadside and faces approximately east. It has a two-room wide front block that is heated by end stacks and includes a central entrance. There is a rear left wing that extends at right angles, accompanied by an outshut.
The exterior is two storeys high with a symmetrical three-bay front. The roof has a gable at the left end and is hipped at the right end. A 20th-century porch with a lean-to roof is located in the centre, featuring a 19th-century panelled front door. There are early 19th-century sash windows with 16 panes, two on each floor. Additionally, there is a flat-roofed 20th-century single-storey brick addition at the right (north) end. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Acer 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- No related consent applications matched
- 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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