Old England Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. Cottage.

Old England Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
Old England Cottage, Ashford Road, Hollingbourne
OS grid reference
TQ 825 544
Coordinates
51.26002, 0.6154
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old England Cottage is a building that originally comprised three cottages, now functioning as a single house. It dates from the 18th century, with early 19th century and 20th century alterations. The structure is timber framed, featuring red brick in Flemish bond on the ground floor to the left of the porch, and a chequered pattern of red and grey brick to the right. The first floor is weatherboarded to the left of the porch and tile-hung to the right. The roof is covered with plain tiles and has one and a half storeys, while the right end cottage is two storeys due to the sloping land. There is a stepped stone plinth to the right of the porch, and the roof is three-quarters hipped to the right. A gable end stack is located to the left, and a ridge stack is towards the right. There are four hipped eaves dormers to the left of the right stack. The right end cottage features one three-light casement window on the first floor. The building has three blocked doors: one towards the left end, one to the right of the porch, and one to the right of the right stack. There is a small rectangular 19th century brick extension towards the centre with a lean-to roof, which was formerly equipped with a stack to the left and has been converted into a porch with a 20th century ribbed door. Additionally, there is a boarded door leading to a single bay 20th century brick extension to the right, as well as a rear lean-to. Inside, the cottage features exposed beams with full height principal posts.

Local climate

Old England Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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