The Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Reigate and Banstead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1990. Cottage.
The Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
- moated-groin-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reigate and Banstead
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley MP: Chris Coghlan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1990
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Cottage, Meath Green Lane, Salfords and Sidlow
- OS grid reference
- TQ 275 452
- Coordinates
- 51.19183, -0.17637
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Cottage is a late 16th century cottage that has been refronted in the 19th century. It is a two-bay house with an end chimneystack, featuring timber framing. The ground floor is faced with Flemish bond brickwork, while the first floor is tile hung. The roof is old and tiled, half hipped to the right, and has an external brick stack at the end. The building is two storeys high with an attic and has two windows. The windows are 19th century casements, and there is a four-panelled door. To the left, there is a 19th century lean-to addition.
Inside, the lounge features central spine beams that are chamfered with lambs tongue stops, along with chamfered floor joists that also have similar stops. The first floor retains original floorboards and includes a spire beam with lambs tongue stops, similar floor joists, and a late 19th century frigate. The attic has original floorboards and a roof supported by through purlins and angled queen struts, with one diagonal tension brace visible.
Local climate
The Old Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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