Darenth Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1982. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Darenth Cottage

WRENN ID
winding-sentry-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1982
Type
Cottage
Address
Darenth Cottage, Lullingstone Lane, Eynsford, DA4 0HZ
OS grid reference
TQ 537 656
Coordinates
51.36949, 0.20713
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Darenth Cottage is an 18th-century building that stands two storeys high with attics. It is constructed of red brick featuring grey headers and has a tiled roof with two hipped dormers. The cottage has a wooden eaves cornice and originally had three sash windows, although the glazing bars are now missing. A modern porch has been added to the entrance.

Local climate

Darenth Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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