The Convent Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. Cottages.
The Convent Cottages
- WRENN ID
- western-cellar-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- The Convent Cottages, 43-49, Reading Street, Broadstairs and St. Peters
- OS grid reference
- TR 390 695
- Coordinates
- 51.37436, 1.43272
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Convent Cottages, dated 1901, are a row of cottages designed in the style of the 17th century, significantly enhancing the character of the village. They are two storeys high and constructed from squared flints. The cottages feature a tiled roof with Flemish curved gables at each end and three tall brick chimneystacks. The semi-dormers are fitted with casement windows. Red brick is used for the long and short quoins, window dressings, and stringcourse. On the ground floor, there are four three-light casements and two paired doorcases, each topped with tiled sloping weather hoods. The Convent Cottages form a cohesive group.
Local climate
The Convent Cottages 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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