Sumerlands is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1979. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Sumerlands
- WRENN ID
- inner-chimney-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1979
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Sumerlands, Dunkeswell, EX14 4RE
- OS grid reference
- ST 140 076
- Coordinates
- 50.86209, -3.22228
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Summerlands is a mid-19th century cottage located in Dunkeswell. It is constructed from white-washed local stone rubble with a stone rubble stack topped with 20th-century brick and a slate roof. Originally a single-room plan cottage facing north, it now has secondary service outshots on the left end and rear. The cottage is two storeys high and forms the left end of a row, having been added to an earlier pair, Corner Cottage and Wellsteps. The front elevation features a regular two-window arrangement of late 19th- to early 20th-century casement windows with glazing bars, placed under low segmental arches. The front doorway, on the right, contains a late 19th- to early 20th-century plank door sheltered by a monopitch hood with a shaped valance. The roof abuts Wellsteps to the right and is gable-ended to the left. Internally, no original carpentry details are exposed. Summerlands contributes to a group value when considered alongside Corner Cottage and Wellsteps.
Local climate
Sumerlands receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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