Institution Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Cottage.

Institution Cottage

WRENN ID
winding-stronghold-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1974
Type
Cottage
Address
Institution Cottage, Swains Lane
OS grid reference
TQ 284 873
Coordinates
51.57013, -0.14849
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Institution Cottage is the gardener's cottage of Church House, South Grove, located behind the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institute at No. 11 South Grove. This late 18th-century building is constructed of brown brick and features a slated hipped roof. It stands two storeys tall with a later attic and has a double front on the south side, which includes three windows. The entrance has a square-headed doorway with a segmental gauged brick arch and an architrave. The windows are slightly recessed sashes with segmental arches and exposed boxing, and there is a parapet above. The interior has not been inspected but is noted to retain some panelling.

Local climate

Institution Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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