Parsons Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Reigate and Banstead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 1954. A C16 Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Parsons Cottage
- WRENN ID
- late-buttress-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reigate and Banstead
- Constituency
- Reigate MP: Rebecca Paul (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 1954
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Parsons Cottage, Rectory Road, CR5 3SS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 263 548
- Coordinates
- 51.2784, -0.18929
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Parsons Cottage is a 16th-century cottage. It is largely timber-framed and encased in 19th-century flint, with brick dressings and a plain tile roof topped by a central ridge stack. The cottage is two storeys high, with a projecting section to the rear. It features a mullion and transom window with diamond-pattern leaded lights, two windows per floor. The front door is planked and studded, set within a moulded brick surround with a drip hood. The letter "W" is carved in stone above the entrance. The interior contains a large brick fireplace.
Local climate
Parsons 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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