Hawkwell Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Pair of houses. 6 related planning applications.

Hawkwell Cottages

WRENN ID
weathered-ember-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 August 1990
Type
Pair of houses
Address
Hawkwell Cottages, 6 and 7, Maidstone Road, Pembury, TN2 4AE
OS grid reference
TQ 636 429
Coordinates
51.16204, 0.33957
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Hawkwell Cottages are a pair of houses dating from the mid-19th century, situated on the south side of Maidstone Road in Pembury. They face northwest. The ground floor is constructed of painted brick, while the upper levels are timber-framed and feature tile hanging, including a decorative band of scallop-shaped tiles. Brick stacks and chimneyshafts are present. The roof is covered with peg tiles.

The houses were originally designed as a pair, each one room wide and two rooms deep, mirroring each other in plan. Each has paired doorways in the centre leading to an entrance hall and staircase, with slightly projecting end stacks.

The two-storey cottages have attics within the roof space. The symmetrical front elevation features a two-window arrangement with 16-pane sashes and casements in gabled dormers. The paired central doorways contain 20th-century doors. A three-bay verandah with plain timber posts and cusped brackets extends across the front.

The interiors have not been inspected.

Local climate

Hawkwell Cottages receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 7 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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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