Origin and Berberry Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dartford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1982. Pair of cottages.

Origin and Berberry Cottage

WRENN ID
blind-tracery-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartford
Constituency
Dartford MP: Jim Dickson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1982
Type
Pair of cottages
Address
Origin and Berberry Cottage, 14, High Street, Swanscombe and Greenhithe
OS grid reference
TQ 588 751
Coordinates
51.45318, 0.28416
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Origin and Berberry Cottage, located at 14 and 16 High Street in Greenhithe, are a pair of late 18th century houses dated 1768 on a rainwater head. They are two storeys high and constructed from stock brick, topped with a tiled roof featuring one dormer on each side. The houses are separated by pilasters. Each house has one sash window with intact glazing bars. The doorways are simple round-headed doorcases, although the fanlight above the door of No 14 is blocked. No 16 retains its six flush panelled door and features some 18th century panelling inside. There is a mid-19th century extension at the rear of No 16, which includes a three-light bay window on the first floor. Footscrapers are present at the entrance.

Local climate

Origin and Berberry Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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