The Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bromley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1973. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
- pitched-stair-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromley
- Constituency
- Beckenham and Penge MP: Liam Conlon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1973
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Cottage, 258, Bromley Road, BR2 0BW
- OS grid reference
- TQ 392 693
- Coordinates
- 51.40605, 0.00094
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Cottage is a building located on Bromley Road in Beckenham, likely dating from the 17th century but has undergone significant restoration. It is two storeys high and features two windows. The exterior is now covered in stucco, and it has a tiled roof. The windows are casement style, and there is a flat hood above the doorcase.
Local climate
The Old Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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 — 1 transaction since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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