Barn and Cottage at Ruckman's Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Barn, cottage.
Barn and Cottage at Ruckman's Farm
- WRENN ID
- rough-barrel-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley MP: Chris Coghlan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1987
- Type
- Barn, cottage
- Address
- Barn and Cottage at Ruckman's Farm, Ruckmans Lane, Abinger
- OS grid reference
- TQ 133 367
- Coordinates
- 51.11873, -0.3819
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn and cottage at Ruckman's Farm date back to the 17th century and were extended around 1894 to 1895 by Sir Edwin Lutyens. The barn features a timber frame, with the frame exposed on the southwest corner, brick infilling, and weatherboard cladding on the rest of the structure. The extensions are made of painted brick, with some tile hanging on the gables of the cottage. The roofs are plain tiled. The building has an L-shaped plan, with the barn located to the south and a later wing running at right angles to the rear, which houses the cottage at the end.
On the south side of the barn, there are four diamond-pane leaded casement windows and a pentice extension to the west. The left gable end has an exposed Queen-strut roof, a loft door on the first floor, and a louvred opening above. The north side of the barn features sliding doors in the center and another door to the right. The wing to the north has an open recess on the west side facing the lane. The cottage to the left has a square corbelled stack and a front gable, with a 6-light leaded window in the gable. There is a catslide roof across the ground floor on the left, and a flat-roofed projection on the right with a leaded window and part-glazed door. The east elevation (rear) of the cottage is tile hung and includes a dormer window. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Barn and Cottage at Ruckman's Farm receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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