81, Abbey Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1950. A Medieval Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
81, Abbey Street
- WRENN ID
- odd-tin-ivory
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1950
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- 81, Abbey Street, Faversham, ME13 7BH
- OS grid reference
- TR 018 617
- Coordinates
- 51.31873, 0.89485
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 81 Abbey Street is a 15th-century timber-framed cottage that was part of the Abbey buildings. The first floor juts out on the west and north sides, supported by moulded bressummers and brackets attached to the corner post. There is also a gable on the north side that overhangs in a similar manner. The north and west fronts are studded, and the roof is tiled. The cottage features sash windows with intact glazing bars, along with some original window openings that have small panels of lead glazing. It has two storeys and one window. The garden behind No. 80 is enclosed by a wall that forms a group with Nos. 80 and 81.
Local climate
81, Abbey Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 2002
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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