North Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. Cottage. 7 related planning applications.
North Cottage
- WRENN ID
- veiled-steeple-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- North Cottage, Chiddingstone, TN8 7AL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 502 462
- Coordinates
- 51.19546, 0.14902
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
North Cottage is a restored cottage from the first half of the 16th century. It has two storeys and three windows. The high-pitched tiled roof is half hipped on the right side over a bay that may have been added later. There is a compound offset old chimney stack at the left end. The first floor features modern tile hanging, while the ground floor is made of brick. The cottage has modern casements and a gabled porch. Inside, there is an inglenook fireplace and much exposed timber that shows joiners' marks. The roof has side purlins with wind braces. There is a modern extension on the right side and a conservatory.
Local climate
North Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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