Birch Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1951. House.
Birch Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gilded-pier-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley MP: Chris Coghlan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Birch Cottage, Brockham Green
- OS grid reference
- TQ 196 495
- Coordinates
- 51.23257, -0.28793
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Birch Cottage is a 18th century building that likely incorporates an older structure. It has two storeys and features three windows. The exterior is faced with rough plaster and is topped with a tiled roof, which has a wooden modillion eaves cornice. The glazing bars on the windows are intact, and there is a brick chimney breast located at the south end of the cottage. A photograph of the building is available in the National Monuments Record.
Local climate
Birch Cottage 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 lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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 — 1 transaction since 1997
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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