Park Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.

Park Cottages

WRENN ID
plain-balcony-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
Park Cottages, 1 and 2, Longport, CT1 1PN
OS grid reference
TR 157 576
Coordinates
51.27677, 1.09219
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Park Cottages comprises two dwellings, incorporating an 18th-century front onto a 16th-century structure. The visible facade is of red brick, extending over two storeys. The roof is tiled with a modillion eaves cornice. There are three casement windows. The doorcase features a flat hood and a rectangular fanlight.

Local climate

Park Cottages sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% 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 — 11 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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