Benbow Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1974. Cottage.
Benbow Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sombre-lantern-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1974
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Benbow Cottage, 14, Silver Street, Deal
- OS grid reference
- TR 377 531
- Coordinates
- 51.22782, 1.40381
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Benbow Cottage, located at No 14 Silver Street, is a building that dates back to the 18th century but was altered in the mid-19th century. It is two storeys high and features a stuccoed exterior, with the ground floor having a rusticated finish. There is a stringcourse and an elaborate moulded parapet. The first floor has one sash window with verticals only, supported by console brackets and a cornice above. The entrance features a segmental-headed doorcase with a keystone and a six-panelled door, where the top two panels are cut away and glazed. Benbow Cottage is part of a group with Nos 11 to 15, which are consecutive buildings.
Local climate
Benbow Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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