Western Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1985. Cottages. 3 related planning applications.
Western Cottages
- WRENN ID
- nether-tin-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1985
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Western Cottages, 1 and 2, Ewhurst Road, Shere, GU5 9RN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 086 447
- Coordinates
- 51.19121, -0.44621
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Western Cottages is a pair of cottages dating from the early 18th century. They are constructed of sandstone rubble with brick dressings and ironstone galleting, topped with a plain tiled roof that features diamond-tile hanging on the gable ends. The cottages are two storeys high, standing on plinths, with a plat band above the ground floor and a central rendered stack. The first floor has four casement windows, with two on either side of a blocked window, while the ground floor has two windows under cambered heads. There are doors at either end, also under cambered heads. At the rear, there are wings that extend at right angles, each with end stacks. These cottages are included in the listing for their group value.
Local climate
Western Cottages receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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