55 and 55a, East Street is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1970. Cottage.

55 and 55a, East Street

WRENN ID
idle-slate-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swale
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 May 1970
Type
Cottage
Address
55 and 55a, East Street, Faversham
OS grid reference
TR 016 613
Coordinates
51.31511, 0.89222
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

55 and 55A East Street is an 18th-century cottage that stands two storeys high and features one window. The exterior is made of painted brick and is adorned with a dentilled eaves cornice and a tiled roof. Both floors have small bay windows with intact glazing bars. The doorway is notable for its pilasters, projecting cornice, low rectangular fanlight, and a six-panel door, where the top two panels are cut away and glazed, while the center two panels are fielded. The east side of the building is weather-boarded.

Local climate

55 and 55a, East 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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