Pond Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1984. House.

Pond Cottage

WRENN ID
grim-merlon-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1984
Type
House
Address
Pond Cottage, Lenham
OS grid reference
TQ 904 538
Coordinates
51.25185, 0.72822
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pond Cottage is a house that dates from the early 17th century or earlier, with a facade added in the late 19th century. The core of the building is timber framed and was refaced in red brick laid in English bond during the late 19th century. The left end bay is in Flemish bond and projects slightly, possibly dating from the 20th century. The roof is covered with plain tiles and has two storeys built on a plinth, featuring a hipped roof. There is a projecting stack at the left end, a multiple brick ridge stack towards the centre, a brick stack on the rear slope of the roof towards the right end, and a small stack projecting at the right end. The windows are irregularly arranged, consisting of four late 19th century three-light casements. There is a blocked door with a segmental head towards the left end, and a late 20th century ribbed door in a late 20th century lean-to porch beneath the central stack. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Pond 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 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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