This feature is recorded in the English Heritage Historic Area Assessment for Cooling Parish. The report states:
"A modest residential expansion occurred around Cooling Castle, with two detached cottages built opposite the farmstead in the early 19th century (Cooling Castle Cottage and Cades) amd a cottage and outbuilding to the east (Dove Cottage). In the later part of the century".
"Two detached dwellings, Cooling Castle Cottage and Cades, stand opposite the castle. These were built in the early 19th century as part of the castle estate but have subsequently altered and enlarged and now have a late 20th century appearance" (1)

<1> historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cooling Parish. Research Report 51-2014. (Bibliographic reference). SKE31592.