Weighbridge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Reigate and Banstead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1977. Weighbridge cottage.
Weighbridge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gentle-bronze-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reigate and Banstead
- Constituency
- East Surrey MP: Claire Coutinho (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1977
- Type
- Weighbridge cottage
- Address
- Weighbridge Cottage, London Road North
- OS grid reference
- TQ 289 544
- Coordinates
- 51.27427, -0.15336
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Weighbridge Cottage is a building located on the east side of London Road North in Merstham. It was constructed by Sir Edward Banks between 1803 and 1805 to serve as the weigh and toll-house for the Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Iron Railway, which operated from 1805 to 1859. This railway was an extension of the Surrey Iron Railway, recognized as the first public railway in the world, and it transported Merstham stone to Croydon and Wandsworth using horse-drawn trucks.
The cottage is made of coursed square blocks of Merstham chalk stone and has two storeys with two windows. It features a tiled roof, modern leaded casements, and a central four-panel door. On the left side, there is a later canted bay with a hipped roof, and there are modern additions at the rear. A plaque from Surrey County Council identifies it as a historic building.
Local climate
Weighbridge Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings