The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1975. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lesser-ember-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torbay
- Constituency
- Torbay MP: Steve Darling (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, 107, Combe Lane, TQ2 8EA
- OS grid reference
- SX 914 663
- Coordinates
- 50.48711, -3.53135
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a house that dates back to the 17th century or earlier. It is constructed from cob and stone and features a thatched roof with external stone chimneys that have offsets. The layout consists of a three-room plan, with a heated room on the left and a rear lateral stack serving the central hall. The building has two storeys and includes 19th and 20th century two-light casement windows set in eyebrow dormers on the first floor. There is a 20th century door at the entrance. Inside, the Cottage is noted for its exposed beams.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 — 1 transaction since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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