Downsells Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Downsells Cottages
- WRENN ID
- quiet-chimney-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Downsells Cottages, 1 and 2, Bredgar, ME9 8AP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 877 595
- Coordinates
- 51.30385, 0.69171
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Downsells Cottages are a pair of cottages dating to circa 1700, although they were re-clad in the 19th century. The cottages have a timber frame and are clad with painted brick, with a birchwood frame applied to the first floor. They have a thatched roof, a central stack, and two wooden casement windows on each floor. There are board doors to the left and right of the cottages. The buildings are included on the heritage listing primarily for their group value.
Local climate
Downsells 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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 — 9 transactions 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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