Railway Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1967. House. 1 related planning application.

Railway Cottages

WRENN ID
ancient-truss-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Guildford
Constituency
Guildford MP: Zöe Franklin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1967
Type
House
Address
Railway Cottages, the Street, West Horsley, KT24 6HP
OS grid reference
TQ 081 537
Coordinates
51.27297, -0.45127
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Railway Cottages is a house that has been divided, originally built in the mid-16th century and later extended to the left in the late 18th century and to the right in the 20th century. The building features a timber frame that is underbuilt in red brick on a rendered plinth, with exposed red and blue brick infilling above. The extension to the right has tile hanging on the first floor, while the left side has a weatherboarded pentice. The roof is hipped and plain tiled, with machine tiles covering the extensions on the right.

The structure is two storeys high with three framed bays, plus one bay extension to the left and another to the right. There is a ridge stack located to the right of the center. The windows are a mix of casement styles, some of which are leaded, with four windows on the first floor and five on the ground floor, including one to the right that is set under a cambered head. A ribbed door is positioned to the left of center, sheltered by an open gabled porch supported by wooden posts. To the right, there is a planked door beneath a gabled wooden porch.

Local climate

Railway 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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