Polsham Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1975. House.
Polsham Cottage
- WRENN ID
- seventh-chalk-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torbay
- Constituency
- Torbay MP: Steve Darling (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- Polsham Cottage, 27, Lower Polsham Road
- OS grid reference
- SX 890 612
- Coordinates
- 50.44029, -3.56422
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Polsham Cottage is a house dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It features a roughcast exterior and a slate roof, with end stacks that have rendered and brick shafts. The main block is single-depth and two rooms wide, with a central entrance. The building stands two storeys high and has a symmetrical three-bay front with deep boxed eaves. There is a simple open porch supported by square-section timber posts, topped with an entablature and a flat roof.
The entrance is framed by a reeded doorcase that has carved roundels in the upper corners and panelled reveals, leading to a recessed six-panel door with glazed upper panels. The ground floor windows are fitted with late 18th century to early 19th century sixteen-pane sashes that include margin panes, while the first-floor windows have later four-pane horned sashes. All windows are equipped with Venetian shutters. The interior has not been inspected but may contain features of interest. Polsham Cottage has group value with Nos 23 and 25, which are contemporary and have similar glazing.
Local climate
Polsham Cottage receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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