Dorrington Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1983. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Dorrington Cottage
- WRENN ID
- high-rubble-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Dorrington Cottage, the Street, Meopham, DA13 0AJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 644 660
- Coordinates
- 51.36953, 0.36075
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dorrington Cottage, formerly known as Well Cottage, is a 17th-century building that features a timber frame faced in red brick with grey headers and rusticated quoins. It has a central chimney and a tiled roof with a pentice on the east side. A modern wing has been added to the north end of the cottage. The windows are casement style. Inside, there is an inglenook fireplace, along with exposed beams and timber framing.
Local climate
Dorrington Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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