Alma Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1974. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Alma Cottage

WRENN ID
lost-sentry-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1974
Type
Cottage
Address
Alma Cottage, 4, Paternoster Row, Ottery St. Mary, EX11 1DP
OS grid reference
SY 099 955
Coordinates
50.75285, -3.27828
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Alma Cottage is an early 19th-century, two-storey building located on the east side of Paternoster Row. It features a rendered exterior and a slate roof. On the first floor, there are two sash windows with glazing bars. The ground floor has a later addition of a splayed bay on the left, which has a tiled roof. This bay includes a four-panel door with a fanlight above, panelled reveals, and a wooden case with consoles. Alma Cottage is part of a significant group of listed buildings in Paternoster Row, situated near St Mary's Church.

Local climate

Alma Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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