Brown Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1980. A C18 House.
Brown Cottage
- WRENN ID
- tired-mantel-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- Brown Cottage, Derringstone Hill, Barham, CT4 6QD
- OS grid reference
- TR 206 492
- Coordinates
- 51.20001, 1.15665
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brown Cottage is a mid-18th century building, with the left section likely rebuilt recently. It stands two storeys high and features a hipped tile roof along with a moulded brick eaves cornice. The cottage is constructed of brick and has four windows on each floor. The two windows on the right-hand section have keystones and cornices that resemble bands. The ground floor windows are topped with segmental heads. The entrance door consists of six fielded panels and is accompanied by a modern porch.
Local climate
Brown 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- No related consent applications matched
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