Black and White Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Cottage.
Black and White Cottage
- WRENN ID
- old-thatch-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley MP: Chris Coghlan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Black and White Cottage, Standon Lane, Abinger
- OS grid reference
- TQ 130 386
- Coordinates
- 51.13628, -0.38582
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Black and White Cottage is a 17th-century cottage with 19th and 20th-century extensions at either end. The central section is timber framed with whitewashed brick infilling, while the left extension features re-used timber cladding and whitewashed brick. The right extension is made of brick and tile. The roofs are plain tiled, with a flat roof on the right side. The original layout includes a three-bay plan with a central chimney and an additional bay added to the left. The cottage has two storeys, with a single storey on the right, and a central corbelled stack. The first floor features three three-light diamond-pane windows, and there are three windows below. A gabled porch with a door in the center of the original range has flanking lights, leading to a lobby entry. Inside, there is a spiral staircase at the rear of the lobby, and an old external wall on the left has been preserved inside. This cottage is a relatively unspoilt example of a modest house.
Local climate
Black and White 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 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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