The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1981. Cottage. 8 related planning applications.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- quartered-timber-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1981
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old House, Chard Road, Chardstock, EX13 7BT
- OS grid reference
- ST 310 045
- Coordinates
- 50.83646, -2.98061
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a cottage range dating to around the 17th and 18th centuries. It is built of roughcast stone rubble, with a thatched roof featuring hipped and half-hipped ends. The cottage has two storeys and a long two-window front, with a byre at the right-hand (north) end. It features 19th-century casement windows, some with two and others with three lights, all containing glazing bars. A plank door is positioned to the left of centre, and a byre door is on the right. Two brick ridge chimney stacks are present. The building has group value.
Local climate
The Old House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 4 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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