No. 3 Bourne Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. House.
No. 3 Bourne Cottages
- WRENN ID
- leaning-stronghold-falcon
- 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
- No. 3 Bourne Cottages, Tibbs Court Lane, Brenchley and Matfield
- OS grid reference
- TQ 668 412
- Coordinates
- 51.14613, 0.38378
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 3 Bourne Cottages is a small house, likely from the 18th century or earlier. It has a framed construction with weatherboarding on the front elevation, a peg-tile roof, and a brick chimney stack.
This cottage is the best-preserved in a row facing Tibbs Court Lane. The front section is two rooms wide with a central lobby entrance, and the two rooms are probably heated by back-to-back fireplaces. The rear elevation and interior have not been inspected, so details of the plan are unclear. Some internal dividing walls in the other cottages have been altered, suggesting that No. 3 may have originally been part of a larger house.
The exterior features two storeys with a symmetrical three-bay front. It has a central 19th-century panelled front door and two 19th-century two-light casements on each floor, with six panes per light.
The interior has not been inspected, but it may hold interest, and an internal inspection could lead to a revision of the suggested dating.
Local climate
No. 3 Bourne Cottages 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 greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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