Friars Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the Tandridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1958. A C20 Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Friars Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dark-portal-equinox
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Tandridge
- Constituency
- East Surrey MP: Claire Coutinho (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1958
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Friars Cottage, Limpsfield, RH8 0RG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 411 517
- Coordinates
- 51.24719, 0.02097
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Friars Cottage is a 16th-century cottage with a 20th-century extension and renovations. The building has a timber frame set on a rubble stone and brick plinth, with brick infill and rendered infill above. The roof is plain tiled, hipped, with gablets and a large front ridge stack located to the right of the centre. It is two storeys high, with three framed bays featuring curved bracing; the windows are 20th-century leaded casements. A planked door is located to the left, sheltered by a gabled porch hood supported by brackets. A square bay is set back to the left end under a hipped roof, and a weatherboard pent roof addition extends from the right end.
Local climate
Friars Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 12 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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