Ratcatchers Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Tandridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Ratcatchers Cottage
- WRENN ID
- open-mantel-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tandridge
- Constituency
- East Surrey MP: Claire Coutinho (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Ratcatchers Cottage, Westerham Road, Limpsfield, RH8 0EP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 400 528
- Coordinates
- 51.25727, 0.0057
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ratcatchers Cottage is a 16th-century cottage that has been extensively restored in the 20th century. It features a timber frame with galleted ironstone rubble at the base and brick infill above, some of which is arranged in a herringbone pattern. The roof is plain tiled, hipped to the left, with a gabled front stack on the left and two diagonal end stacks on the right. The cottage is two storeys high and consists of three framed bays with irregular leaded casement windows. There is an angle bay window on the ground floor to the right, which is covered by a hipped tiled roof. A planked door is located to the left of centre, sheltered by a gabled porch hood supported by carved brackets and wooden supports. The right-hand return front is tile hung.
Local climate
Ratcatchers Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1997
- 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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