Kings Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1986. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Kings Cottages

WRENN ID
gaunt-chancel-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swale
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 August 1986
Type
Cottage
Address
Kings Cottages, 1 and 2, the Street, Eastling, ME13 0AY
OS grid reference
TQ 963 566
Coordinates
51.27549, 0.81385
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A pair of cottages dating from the early 19th century. They are timber-framed and have external cladding in weatherboard, with a plain tiled roof. The cottages are two storeys high, with a hipped roof and chimney stacks positioned to the left and right. There are three glazing bar sashes on each floor, and three boarded doors are situated to the left, centre, and right.

Local climate

Kings Cottages sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 1999
  • 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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