Downtops'l is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1976. Cottage.

Downtops'l

WRENN ID
muted-cloister-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1976
Type
Cottage
Address
Downtops'l, Bullockstone Road, Herne and Broomfield
OS grid reference
TR 169 659
Coordinates
51.35076, 1.11448
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

'Downtops' is a building that likely dates from the 17th century and consists of two cottages. It is two storeys high and features a roughcast exterior with an old tiled roof. The ground floor has two triple casement windows that are cambered. There are two outside chimneystacks and two simple central doorcases.

Local climate

Downtops'l 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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