The Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1967. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
- grey-cornice-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1967
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Cottage, the Street, Bishopsbourne, CT4 5HT
- OS grid reference
- TR 189 525
- Coordinates
- 51.23009, 1.13477
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 16th-century cottage, restored and constructed with timber framing and painted brick infilling, topped with a hipped tiled roof. The cottage is two storeys high, with the upper storey slightly overhanging the lower. Both the north and south frontages have an overhanging upper storey, supported by brackets at the ends of the floor joists. There are two casement windows with three lights on each floor. A modern doorway has been inserted, but is designed in a Tudor style with carved spandrels.
Local climate
The Old Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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