Chapel Alley Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1973. Cottages.

Chapel Alley Cottages

WRENN ID
scattered-tallow-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1973
Type
Cottages
Address
Chapel Alley Cottages, 1-5, Darenth Way, Shoreham, TN14 7SE
OS grid reference
TQ 520 616
Coordinates
51.33383, 0.18176
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Chapel Alley Cottages, located on Darent Way in Shoreham, is a range of buildings that dates back to the 16th century or earlier, with a facade and additions from the 18th century. A datestone indicates a construction date of 1753. The building's elevation features red brick with blue headers, and it incorporates flint rubble with red brick dressings and quoins on the left side. The first floor is tile hung on the left, and it has moulded eaves and a gutter. The roof is hip ridge tiled with a returned hipped end to the left. The cottages have various 18th and 19th century sash windows and casement windows, along with panelled doors. Some moulded beams are also visible inside.

Local climate

Chapel Alley Cottages receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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