Japonica Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. House. 6 related planning applications.
Japonica Cottage
- WRENN ID
- secret-obsidian-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Japonica Cottage, the Forstal, Preston, CT3 1DR
- OS grid reference
- TR 249 607
- Coordinates
- 51.30116, 1.22618
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Japonica Cottage is a house dating from the late 17th century, with extensions added in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of red brick with a plain tiled roof. The original section is one storey and has an attic, standing on a plinth. A two-storey extension adjoins the left side. The hipped roof steps up towards the left, and incorporates two dormers. Chimneys are located to the rear left and centre right. The left side of the house contains a sash window on each floor, while the centre right has a sash window with glazing bars, and a wooden casement window, both with segmental heads. A rib and stud door is centrally positioned to the right. A catslide roof extends to the rear.
Local climate
Japonica Cottage 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 greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 — 6 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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