Linden Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. House. 1 related planning application.
Linden Cottage
- WRENN ID
- former-entrance-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- Linden Cottage, 5 and 6, Linden Square, Riverhead, TN13 2DF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 514 563
- Coordinates
- 51.28619, 0.16972
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Linden Cottage is an early 19th-century building that has been converted into a single dwelling. It stands two storeys high and features four windows. The roof is hipped and covered with tiles, while the front is rendered. The cottage has sash windows with glazing bars set in exposed frames. The entrance includes a six-panel door, which is top-glazed, and is framed by fluted stucco with square blocks at the corners. To the right, there is a two-storey extension from the early 19th century, which has weatherboarding above and painted brick below. The rear elevation is also weatherboarded. Linden Cottage is part of a group that includes Nos 1 to 7 in consecutive order.
Local climate
Linden Cottage 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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