Church Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1984. Cottages. 2 related planning applications.

Church Cottages

WRENN ID
inner-stronghold-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 August 1984
Type
Cottages
Address
Church Cottages, 1 and 2, Canterbury Road, Godmersham
OS grid reference
TR 062 503
Coordinates
51.2152, 0.95124
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church Cottages is a pair of cottages built in the early 19th century. They are constructed of red brick and have a plain tile roof. The cottages are two storeys high and sit on a plinth, featuring a hipped roof with stacks at both the left and right ends. The front has a regular arrangement of three windows with glazing bar sashes on the first floor and two on the ground floor, all set in gauged openings. The central entrance features a six-panelled door located in a projecting porch, which has a round-arched doorway with gauged detailing.

Local climate

Church Cottages receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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