The Old Cottage and the Small Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1968. House. 1 related planning application.

The Old Cottage and the Small Cottage

WRENN ID
graven-screen-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1968
Type
House
Address
The Old Cottage and the Small Cottage, Upper Street, Hollingbourne, M17 1UJ
OS grid reference
TQ 843 551
Coordinates
51.26536, 0.64125
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a late 17th-century house constructed of red brick with occasional grey bricks laid in a Flemish bond pattern. It has a plain tile roof. The house stands on a brick plinth and features a plat band also in Flemish bond. A coved plaster eaves cornice runs along the top. A stack once projected from the left gable, but it has been incorporated into a later extension. A more recent stack is located on the right gable, alongside two gabled dormers. The front facade has a regular arrangement of four windows, each a four-light wooden mullioned and transomed casement, two on the left and two on the right. The ground floor windows have segmental heads. The front door consists of six fielded panels with a rectangular fanlight, now sheltered by a 20th-century open Doric porch. A single-story addition of red brick, also in Flemish bond, extends from the left side. This addition has a plain tile roof, a half-hipped left side, a flat-roofed dormer, and a three-light segmental-leaded window. A rear lean-to is also present. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Old Cottage and the Small 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
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