Bower Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1983. A C15 House. 1 related planning application.
Bower Cottage
- WRENN ID
- graven-pewter-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bower Cottage, Sole Street, Cobham, DA12 3AX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 656 676
- Coordinates
- 51.3834, 0.37927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bower Cottage is a house dating from the 15th century or earlier. The exterior is of brick and rendered finish, with a tiled gabled roof. The south half of the house is the lower end of a Wealden house, featuring heavy timber joists. The hall area was rebuilt in the 17th century, but incorporates a chimney stack from the 16th century. The windows are casement type.
Local climate
Bower 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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