Thorn Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Row of cottages.
Thorn Cottages
- WRENN ID
- twisted-groin-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Row of cottages
- Address
- Thorn Cottages, Maidstone Road, Brenchley and Matfield
- OS grid reference
- TQ 663 422
- Coordinates
- 51.15548, 0.37733
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thorn Cottages is a row of four cottages built in the late 18th century or early 19th century. The ground floor is made of brick, while the first floor is tile-hung. The original slate roof has been replaced with a concrete tile roof.
The cottages face approximately north and are arranged symmetrically, likely consisting of two cells each. The main rooms are heated by back-to-back fireplaces located in axial stacks. There are some modern single-storey additions at the rear.
The cottages are two storeys high with hipped roofs at the ends. Each cottage features a 19th-century panelled front door. The row has four 16-pane sash windows on the ground floor and four on the first floor, all dating from the early 19th century. The rear has casement windows. The front doors are painted and are positioned in the centre, with additional doors at the extreme left and right.
While the concrete tile roof is an unfortunate change, intact cottage rows from this period with original doors and windows are rare.
Local climate
Thorn Cottages 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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