1-5 Old Weavers Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1967. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
1-5 Old Weavers Cottage
- WRENN ID
- low-ember-violet
- 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
- 1-5 Old Weavers Cottage, Benenden, TN17 4EZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 805 321
- Coordinates
- 51.06042, 0.57574
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Originally a weaver's house, it was later converted to a granary and oasthouses, and is now divided into cottages. The structure dates to 1607, with extensions added in the late 18th century and restoration work in the 20th century. The ground floor is constructed of 18th-century brick in English bond, resting on a brick and stone plinth. The first floor features 17th-century square panel framing with midrails, gunstock jowled posts, and a rendered infill. The roof is covered in plain tiles. The building is two stories high, with eight windows, mostly 20th-century casements. The front gable displays a carved bressumer dated 1607 on the end posts, and the ground floor retains an original wooden window with diamond mullions. The southwest side has four 20th-century wooden casements and inserted 20th-century doors. At the northwest end are two late 19th-century oasts with pyramidal tiled roofs – the cowl and fantail are missing – a cogged eaves cornice, two 20th-century casements, and cross and S-shaped iron ties.
Local climate
1-5 Old Weavers 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- 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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