Fountain Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1980. Residential. 4 related planning applications.

Fountain Cottage

WRENN ID
ancient-quartz-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 October 1980
Type
Residential
Address
Fountain Cottage, Calehill Park, Little Chart, TN27 0QG
OS grid reference
TQ 940 471
Coordinates
51.19078, 0.7761
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fountain Cottage, originally the dairy of Calehill Farm, is an 18th-century building now used as a residence. It is constructed of red brick and has two storeys with a hipped tiled roof. The cottage features two casement windows.

Local climate

Fountain Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% 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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  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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