Laurel Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
Laurel Cottage
- WRENN ID
- fading-chapel-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Laurel Cottage, Chapel Road, Sutton Valence, ME17 3AH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 814 492
- Coordinates
- 51.21327, 0.59641
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Laurel Cottage is a house dating from the early to mid-19th century, with later alterations. It was built at a right angle to the street. The ground floor is rendered (covered in plaster), while the first floor is weatherboarded. The roof is covered with plain tiles, and the roof is hipped. A ridge stack (a chimney) is located towards the centre of the roof. The windows are irregularly placed, comprising two 12-pane glazing-bar sashes on each floor. There are two half-glazed doors, one at each end of the cottage. The interior has not been inspected. The building is included in the list for its group value – that is, its contribution to the character of the surrounding area.
Local climate
Laurel 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 61% 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 2006
- 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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