Frognal Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Frognal Cottage
- WRENN ID
- western-cloister-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Frognal Cottage, Hampton Lane, Shute, EX13 7PH
- OS grid reference
- SY 259 957
- Coordinates
- 50.75674, -3.05156
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Frognal Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th or 18th century. It is constructed of roughcast stone rubble and features a thatched roof with gabled and half-hipped ends. The flat gable end is weatherboarded. The cottage has one storey and an attic, with a two or three window range. The windows are three-light casements with leaded panes. There are attic gabled dormers with pierced bargeboards. A modern door is located off centre and has a modern hood above it. The chimney at the ridge has been rebuilt in brick, and there is an end stack. Additionally, there is a modern lean-to at the east end.
Local climate
Frognal Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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