Luton Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1986. Cottage pair. 2 related planning applications.
Luton Cottages
- WRENN ID
- long-lime-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1986
- Type
- Cottage pair
- Address
- Luton Cottages, Selling Street, ME13 9RQ
- OS grid reference
- TR 040 564
- Coordinates
- 51.27109, 0.92431
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of cottages, now a house, dating to the 17th century. The building is constructed of painted brick in English bond, topped with a plain tiled roof. It has one storey and an attic, with a half-hipped roof and moulded stacks positioned to the left and right. There are three gabled dormers. The front features a segmental headed wooden casement to the centre left and centre right, and a square-headed wooden casement to the centre. A half-glazed door is located on the left, with a boarded door on the right.
Local climate
Luton Cottages 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
- 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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