The Beehive is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1986. Cottage.
The Beehive
- WRENN ID
- inner-remnant-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 December 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Beehive, 13, Modest Corner, Southborough, TN4 0LS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 570 423
- Coordinates
- 51.15928, 0.24484
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Beehive is an 18th-century cottage, likely originally two separate homes. It features weatherboarding and a plain tiled half-hipped roof with two dormers. The building has two storeys and an attic, with a front that includes two windows and casement windows. The entrance is located off-centre.
Local climate
The Beehive receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 2 transactions since 1996
- No related consent applications matched
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- 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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