Old School Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1982. House. 2 related planning applications.

Old School Cottage

WRENN ID
wild-banister-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1982
Type
House
Address
Old School Cottage, School Lane, Horton Kirby and South Darenth, DA4 9DQ
OS grid reference
TQ 563 682
Coordinates
51.39209, 0.24519
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old School Cottage is a former open hall-house dating from the 16th century or earlier. The ground floor is plastered, while the first floor is weatherboarded. It features a tiled roof that is hipped at one end with a gablet. There is an external chimneystack on the left side of the building. The cottage has three modern casement windows, and the doorcase is now located in the side elevation.

Local climate

Old School Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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