Lilac Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Tandridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. Cottage.

Lilac Cottage

WRENN ID
half-tallow-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tandridge
Constituency
East Surrey MP: Claire Coutinho (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 November 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Lilac Cottage, High Street, Limpsfield
OS grid reference
TQ 406 530
Coordinates
51.25959, 0.01375
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lilac Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that has 18th-century cladding. It features timber framing with white-washed brick at the bottom and tile hanging above. The roof is plain tiled and half hipped, with a rear stack positioned to the left of center and another rear stack to the right. The cottage has two storeys and four casement windows on the first floor, while the ground floor has a window to the right that is set under a cambered head. There is a 20th-century ribbed door located to the left of center, which is sheltered by a porch with a whitewashed brick pent roof.

Local climate

Lilac 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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