Kitts Farm Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. A C17 Cottage.

Kitts Farm Cottage

WRENN ID
eastward-storey-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Lindsey
Constituency
Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
Kitts Farm Cottage, Grainthorpe
OS grid reference
TF 394 959
Coordinates
53.44148, 0.09789
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kitts Farm Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that has been altered in the late 18th century and the 20th century. Originally built with mud and stud, it is now cased in brick and features a corrugated iron roof over thatch, with a brick ridge stack. The cottage has a two-unit layout, originally designed with a lobby entry plan, and is a single storey with garrets. The front has three bays, including a central two-light casement window, a glazing bar fixed light to the left, and a two-light sliding sash to the right. The verge and gable are covered with weatherboarding. Inside, there is a clasped purlin roof and a large tie beam positioned 1 foot 6 inches above the floor level. A slightly chamfered first-floor has been added in the late 18th century, featuring beams and joists. The original ladder stair leading to the garret remains in use.

Local climate

Kitts Farm Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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