Howes Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1989. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Howes Cottages
- WRENN ID
- rooted-vault-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1989
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Howes Cottages, 1 and 2, Talbot Road, Hawkhurst, TN18 4LX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 755 296
- Coordinates
- 51.03924, 0.50276
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Howes Cottages are a pair of cottages dated 1837, located on the east side of Talbot Road, Hawkhurst. They are timber-framed with weatherboarding and have a slate roof. The cottages are two storeys high and feature a central stack. There are two wooden casement windows on each floor, and panelled doors are positioned to the left and right. A datestone is set into the stack, inscribed with "R H 1837." The cottages are included in the listing for their group value.
Local climate
Howes Cottages receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% 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 — 14 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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