The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1980. House. 1 related planning application.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- floating-passage-solstice
- 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, Waltham, CT4 7EU
- OS grid reference
- TR 108 495
- Coordinates
- 51.20611, 1.01667
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a 17th century or earlier timber-framed building with red brick infilling that is now painted. The front elevation features some exposed timber framing. It has a hipped tiled roof and stands two storeys high. There are four casement windows and chimney breasts with offsets on the north-east wall. The doorcases are simple in design.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 2007
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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