River Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1989. House. 1 related planning application.

River Cottage

WRENN ID
slow-pinnacle-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1989
Type
House
Address
River Cottage, St. Stephens by Launceston Rural, PL15 8TJ
OS grid reference
SX 318 872
Coordinates
50.66047, -4.38089
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

River Cottage is a house, likely dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of rendered and painted stone rubble, with a rag slate roof featuring gable ends. Brick and stone rubble/brick stacks project from the left and right ends of the building. The original layout is uncertain, but it probably consisted of either a two-room cottage with a cross or through passage, heated by end stacks, or possibly a pair of cottages, each with a single room. 19th-century service buildings are located to the rear. The front of the house has a regular two-window arrangement. A 20th-century glazed door is positioned to the right of the centre, flanked by a 19th-century and a 20th-century two-light casement window on the left, and a 19th or 20th-century casement window on the right. Two 19th-century two-light casement windows are on the first floor. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

River Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2012
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • 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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