Ruffetts Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Reigate and Banstead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 December 1993. A C17 House. 18 related planning applications.

Ruffetts Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reigate and Banstead
Constituency
Reigate MP: Rebecca Paul (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 December 1993
Type
House
Address
Ruffetts Cottage, High Road, CR5 3SD
OS grid reference
TQ 275 554
Coordinates
51.28434, -0.17238
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ruffetts Cottage is a house dating from around 1680, originally a central chimney house of three bays. It was extended to the south in the early 19th century and converted into two cottages. The construction is mainly of knapped flint with red brick dressings, featuring a tiled roof, a central panelled brick chimney stack, and flint and brick chimney stacks. The property is two storeys high with a cellar and has four windows on the front elevation, two on each floor. The ground floor windows are casements with cambered head linings. Architectural details include a brick string course and a plinth. There are two tiled porches at the front. The interior features chamfered spine beams, exposed floor joists, and an open fireplace with a dome-shaped bread oven. A cellar contains an arched niche for a lamp. The roof structure includes staggered butt purlins and butt rafters.

Local climate

Ruffetts 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.

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  • Sale history — 19 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 18 applications
  • 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
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