Cottage to Rear of Morte's Tobacconists and Cranbrook Antiques is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1986. Cottage.

Cottage to Rear of Morte's Tobacconists and Cranbrook Antiques

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 May 1986
Type
Cottage
Address
Cottage to Rear of Morte's Tobacconists and Cranbrook Antiques, Tanyard Passage, Cranbrook & Sissinghurst
OS grid reference
TQ 777 360
Coordinates
51.09596, 0.53652
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This 18th-century cottage is located behind Morte's Tobacconists and Cranbrook Antiques in Cranbrook. It features a timber frame, with red brick cladding on the ground floor and tile-hanging above. The roof is a plain tiled twin span design, and the cottage has two storeys. The front is irregular with one window, which consists of casements. To the left, there is a panelled door with panelled reveals. The cottage is included for its group value.

Local climate

Cottage to Rear of Morte's Tobacconists and Cranbrook Antiques receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% 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 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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