Bulverton Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1973. A C16 Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Bulverton Cottages

WRENN ID
tangled-attic-dust
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
Bulverton Cottages, 1, Dark Lane, Sidmouth, EX10 9DP
OS grid reference
SY 118 888
Coordinates
50.69301, -3.24941
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bulverton Cottages is a 17th-century, two-storey cob cottage with a thatched roof, located on Dark Lane. It has been extensively restored, featuring modern casements and a door on the ground floor, while 19th-century casements are still present on the first floor. The wall by the door displays a date of 1537. This cottage is part of a small rural development situated just north of Sidmouth, near the junction of Dark Lane and Bulverton Road.

Local climate

Bulverton Cottages 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 — 3 transactions since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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