Canterbury Cottage Hodge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. House.

Canterbury Cottage Hodge Cottage

WRENN ID
graven-beam-equinox
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
Canterbury Cottage Hodge Cottage, the Green, Brenchley and Matfield
OS grid reference
TQ 657 419
Coordinates
51.15256, 0.3689
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Canterbury Cottage and Hodge Cottage are two houses, originally three, built in the 18th century. The ground floor is constructed of Flemish bond brick with blue headers, while the first floor is tile-hung. The roof is covered with peg tiles, and there are brick stacks.

The buildings are arranged in an L-plan, with Hodge Cottage facing east and Canterbury Cottage adjoining it at right angles, facing south. They are located at the northwest corner of Matfield Green. Hodge Cottage is single depth and two rooms wide, while Canterbury Cottage, which was formerly two houses, adjoins it to the southwest.

The exterior features two storeys. Hodge Cottage has an asymmetrical three-window front with regular fenestration. There is a 20th-century gabled brick porch to the right of the center. The first floor has three early 19th-century sashes with 16 panes, two similar sashes to the left of the porch, and a 12-pane fixed window to the right of the porch, which includes one top-hung opening pane. The left return of Hodge Cottage has two small one-light 20th-century windows on the ground floor. Canterbury Cottage has an asymmetrical four-window south front with a fielded panel front door to the left of center. The first floor features three 18th-century two-light casements, some with square leaded panes, and there are four ground floor 20th-century windows.

The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Canterbury Cottage Hodge 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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