22, Modest Corner is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1986. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
22, Modest Corner
- WRENN ID
- fading-ember-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 December 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 22, Modest Corner, Southborough, TN4 0LS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 570 423
- Coordinates
- 51.159, 0.24425
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century cottage located at the extreme south end of a row in Southborough. It is weather-boarded and has a gabled plain tiled roof with a ridge stack. The cottage is two storeys high, with an irregular two-window front facing south, and a single-window gable end visible towards the path. Windows are a mix of modern and older casements, many featuring diamond lattice patterns. A modern porch is situated at the north end, under the gable, and there’s a glass addition on the south side.
Local climate
22, Modest Corner receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 2 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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