The South Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1967. A C16 Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The South Cottage
- WRENN ID
- worn-groin-crimson
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1967
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The South Cottage, Biddenden Road, Cranbrook & Sissinghurst, TN17 2AB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 808 382
- Coordinates
- 51.1153, 0.58238
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The South Cottage is a small part of a larger house originally built around 1570, now functioning as a cottage. It has undergone significant restoration, alterations, and extensions, particularly in the 1930s to 1940s, when red and some blue bricks were added. The cottage features a plain tiled roof that is hipped to the right, with a projecting breast and a very tall chimney stack, while the left side has a partly hipped roof with a large framed half-hip. There is also a tall stack at the rear. The building is two storeys high and has a slightly irregular two-window front, showcasing large wooden diamond lattice casements set in segment-headed surrounds. On the west face, the lintel of a transom and mullion window with a drip-mould is still visible. Additionally, on the first floor of the east front, there is a blocked doorway, with a possible blocked doorway below it, and the upper doorway features a moulded surround on the inside. To the north, there is a two-storey extension that is brick and tile-hung, dating from the 1930s to 1940s.
Local climate
The South Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% 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 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
- 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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