Hofwyl Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1986. House.

Hofwyl Cottage

WRENN ID
sharp-grate-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dover
Constituency
Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 August 1986
Type
House
Address
Hofwyl Cottage, 34, Valley Road, River
OS grid reference
TR 294 432
Coordinates
51.14241, 1.27947
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hofwyl Cottage is a house that was formerly a lodge, built around 1850. It is constructed of reddish brown brick and features a hipped slate roof. The building has a square plan and is one storey high. The central entrance has a round-headed doorcase with a semi-circular fanlight and four flush panels. There are four round-headed sash windows with horns on the front, and the side elevation includes two additional round-headed windows. A central square brick chimney stack, which has four chimney pots set at an angle, is also present. At the rear, there is a lean-to that connects to the stabling of River House. Hofwyl Cottage is included in the listing for its group value with No. 33 Valley Road, to which it is attached.

Local climate

Hofwyl 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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