Pit House is a Grade II listed building in the Epsom and Ewell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1973. A Early C18 and mid-C18 House. 7 related planning applications.

Pit House

WRENN ID
fossil-vault-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epsom and Ewell
Constituency
Epsom and Ewell MP: Helen Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 April 1973
Type
House
Period
Early C18 and mid-C18
Address
Pit House, Cheam Road, KT17 1SZ
OS grid reference
TQ 222 623
Coordinates
51.34699, -0.24645
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early or mid-18th century pit house building, altered and extended in the early 19th century and again in the mid-19th century. The Cheam Road elevation is largely obscured by early 19th century extensions, which consist of two two-storey stucco wings without windows, flanking a single-storey, top-lit vestibule. The vestibule is entered through a stucco doorway featuring Tuscan pilasters and an entablature.

The main block on the garden side is stuccoed and has two storeys, with a parapet. It features three ranges of early 19th century sash windows with glazing bars, the central one being tripartite. Three ground-floor French windows are present, with Gothick glazing bars. A red brick extension from the early 19th century adjoins the south-east, also two storeys high, with a pitched slate roof. This extension has two bays, one projecting forward, featuring a ground-floor door, a round-arched sash window with glazing bars on the first floor, and a parapet to the roof. The second bay has a segmental bow with sash windows and glazing bars on the ground floor, and a semi-circular relieving arch above. A single casement with glazing bars is also present. The south-east elevation of this extension includes a first-floor canted bay with sash windows and glazing bars, projecting over the garden on two iron columns. A mid-19th century red brick, two-storey extension is located to the north-west. Much of the internal joinery dates to the early 19th century.

Local climate

Pit House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 7 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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