April Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
April Cottage
- WRENN ID
- keen-jamb-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- April Cottage, French Street, Westerham, TN16 1PW
- OS grid reference
- TQ 458 527
- Coordinates
- 51.25525, 0.08916
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
April Cottage is a tiny 15th century cottage situated 3 feet below ground level on the east side of French Street in Westerham. The building has two storeys and features two windows. There is a one-storey lean-to extension on the left and another one-storey extension with a door on the right. The cottage is constructed with square timber framing and diagonal braces, with wattle-and-daub filling on the first floor, painted brick below, and a rendered plinth. On the first floor to the left, there is one original diagonal mullioned fixed window. The other windows are casements, mostly made of old iron with restored leading. Inside, the cottage showcases much exposed timber, ancient fireplaces—including one with inglenooks—and massive old plank floors.
Local climate
April Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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