Fountain Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Fountain Cottage
- WRENN ID
- carved-obsidian-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Fountain Cottage, 26, High Street, Cowden, TN8 7JG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 464 404
- Coordinates
- 51.14436, 0.09267
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fountain Cottage is a restored 16th century framed cottage located on the north side of High Street in Cowden. The building is constructed of brick with weatherboarding above, featuring a half-hipped gable end. It has one storey and an attic, with a gable end window. The north elevation showcases exposed framing with plaster infilling. The ridge tile roof slopes down on the south side, creating a modern porch and verandah. The cottage has casement windows and small dormers on the south side.
Local climate
Fountain Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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