Darenth Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Wealden house.
Darenth Cottage
- WRENN ID
- watchful-bastion-mist
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Wealden house
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Darenth Cottage, Vicarage Hill, Westerham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 448 540
- Coordinates
- 51.26716, 0.07521
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Darenth Cottage is a 15th-century Wealden house, largely intact but with the right section obscured by a projecting modern shop extension. The building has two storeys and features a hipped, tiled roof with small ridge gables and an off-centre chimney stack. The first floor overhangs on the left, supported by carved corner braces. The centre is recessed, with arch braces that support the roof. The exterior showcases exposed heavy timber framing, with plaster or whitewashed brick filling. The east elevation has been altered with modern additions, and various small, restored leaded casements can be found. Inside, there is much exposed framing, including a spere truss and a fine carved crown post in the attic.
Local climate
Darenth Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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