Akhurst Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1986. A Medieval House. 3 related planning applications.
Akhurst Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sunken-tin-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1986
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Akhurst Cottage, Selling, ME13 9RS
- OS grid reference
- TR 033 559
- Coordinates
- 51.26647, 0.91315
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Akhurst Cottage is a house dating from the 15th century, which was later re-clad in the 18th century. It is constructed of timber framing and painted brick, with a plain tiled roof. The building is a hall house and has one storey and an attic. The roof is hipped to the left and half-hipped to the right, with one hipped dormer window. There are four metal and wooden casement windows, with one outshot to the left. Access to the property is via a boarded door located on the rear elevation. The interior retains the full timber frame, including a moulded dais beam, and the roof features collars, but lacks longitudinal members, suggesting it is of early date. Stacks are clustered to the centre and right end of the building.
Local climate
Akhurst Cottage 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 — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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