Quickways West 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.

Quickways West Cottage

WRENN ID
low-railing-tide
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
Quickways West Cottage, Chelson Lane, Sidmouth, EX10 0PR
OS grid reference
SY 155 906
Coordinates
50.70911, -3.19801
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Quickways West Cottage, formerly known as Hill View and Westcot, is a pair of 2-storey cob cottages, dating from the 18th century or possibly earlier. They feature a thatched roof, with the east end of Quickways being higher. The cottages have five 19th-century casement windows with 2 and 3 lights on the first floor and four on the ground floor, along with modern doors. This building is part of a hamlet in Sidbury Parish, located to the northeast of Sidmouth. Quickways West Cottage, Orchard Cottage, and Chelson Cottage together form a rural group.

Local climate

Quickways West 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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