Mercers Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1975. House.
Mercers Cottage
- WRENN ID
- moated-brass-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waverley
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- Mercers Cottage, the Common, Cranleigh, GU6 8NS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 049 395
- Coordinates
- 51.1455, -0.50138
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Mercer's Cottage, formerly known as Timbers, is a house dating from the 16th century, which was altered in the 18th century. The building features a timber frame that is clad in brick at the front, resting on a rendered brick plinth, with brick infill to the exposed frame on the left-hand return front. It has a plain tiled hipped roof with gablets. The cottage is two storeys high and has an inserted corbelled stack to the left of the centre. On the first floor, there are four leaded wood-framed windows, while the ground floor has three windows. A ribbed door is located to the left of centre, leading to a lobby entry. The left-hand return front displays jowled corner posts. At the rear, there is an outshot with a small gable to the right. Inside, the frame is visible, showcasing good ceiling joists and a deep fireplace.
Local climate
Mercers Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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