West Northdown Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1973. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
West Northdown Cottage
- WRENN ID
- roaming-rubblework-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1973
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- West Northdown Cottage, 3, Omer Avenue, CT9 3BU
- OS grid reference
- TR 372 707
- Coordinates
- 51.38656, 1.40886
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Northdown Cottage is a house built in 1933 using reclaimed materials and designed in the style of the 17th century. It is two storeys high. The ground floor is faced with painted brick, while the first floor is tile-hung. The roof is tiled and slopes to a single-story height on the left side, featuring a large brick stack. The windows are casement windows, and the entrance is set within a simple wooden doorcase with a weatherhood.
Local climate
West Northdown Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 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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