Hayes Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Hayes Cottage

WRENN ID
seventh-vestry-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Hayes Cottage, Poltimore, EX4 0AG
OS grid reference
SX 964 971
Coordinates
50.76501, -3.4697
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hayes Cottage is a cottage that was originally a pair, built in the 18th century, with later extensions. It features cob construction with a stone plinth, is plastered, and has a thatched roof that is hipped on the left side. The building is one room deep and has a 20th-century rear lean-to. There are two external end stacks made of brick, which are rendered over. The cottage is two storeys high.

The front of the cottage presents a symmetrical three-window arrangement, to which a mid-19th-century extension has been added on the left side, set back slightly. A 19th-century porch is centrally located on the original 18th-century range, featuring a gabled slate roof and a cusped bargeboard. The windows are primarily three-light timber windows, with all but the top left-hand window retaining their original frames and glazing. The original first-floor windows have fixed side lights and polygonal leaded panes. The ground-floor windows, which no longer have glazing bars, also feature polygonal leaded panes and margin panes; the left-hand window retains its original ring-latch. The upper left-hand window and the two windows in the 19th-century extension (both with two lights) have glazing bars and larger polygonal leaded panes.

Local climate

Hayes Cottage receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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