The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1980. House. 6 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- still-spindle-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, the Street, Womenswold, CT4 6HE
- OS grid reference
- TR 227 506
- Coordinates
- 51.21136, 1.18838
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th or earlier timber-framed building located on the north-west side of The Street, Womenswold. The west wall features red brick infilling, while the ground floor has been refronted with red brick and grey headers. The first floor is weather-boarded and oversails on brackets. The roof is hipped and thatched, with two eyebrows above the first-floor windows. The building has two casement windows, and a simple central doorcase.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- 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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