April Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

April Cottage

WRENN ID
dark-lantern-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
April Cottage, Heath Common, Membury, EX13 7TF
OS grid reference
ST 281 031
Coordinates
50.82364, -3.02173
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

April Cottage is a cottage dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of stone rubble with a corrugated iron-clad end wall and features a thatched roof with gabled ends. The cottage has two storeys and a three-window range, with modern casements. There is a brick ridge chimney stack that is off centre. The building is positioned with its back to the road, and the doorway is located on the garden front.

Local climate

April Cottage 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
  • 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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