The Olde Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1984. Cottage.

The Olde Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 August 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
The Olde Cottage, High Street, Chilham
OS grid reference
TR 068 536
Coordinates
51.24412, 0.96252
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Olde Cottage is an 18th-century cottage constructed of red brick on a flint plinth, topped with a plain tile roof. It has two storeys and features a modillion eaves cornice on its hipped roof, with an end stack located on the right side. There is one leaded wood casement window on each floor, and the entrance is situated under a pentice to the left. This building is included in the register for its group value only.

Local climate

The Olde Cottage 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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