Riverside Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1973. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Riverside Cottage

WRENN ID
former-tower-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1973
Type
Cottage
Address
Riverside Cottage, Sidmouth, EX10 0PR
OS grid reference
SY 153 907
Coordinates
50.70981, -3.20067
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Riverside Cottage is a Grade II listed building located in Harcombe, originally consisting of two cottages. It dates from the 17th to 18th century and is constructed of cob and stone rubble, featuring a thatched roof. The cottage has two two-light casements on the first floor and three on the ground floor, along with a stable door and a later doorway. It is part of a hamlet in Sidbury Parish, situated to the northeast of Sidmouth.

Local climate

Riverside Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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