Rectory Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 March 1988. A C17 Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Rectory Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dark-span-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 March 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Rectory Cottage, Widworthy, EX14 9JS
- OS grid reference
- SY 217 993
- Coordinates
- 50.78809, -3.11126
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rectory Cottage, also known as Rose Cottage on the Ordnance Survey, is a small cottage that likely dates from the mid to late 17th century and was modernized around 1980. It is constructed of local stone and flint rubble, featuring a stone rubble stack and chimney shaft, with a thatched roof. The cottage has a two-room plan and faces east-north-east. The larger room on the left (north) side has a gable-end stack and a newel stair alongside it. The building is two stories tall and has a 20th-century outshot on the north end.
The exterior showcases an irregular two-window front with 20th-century casements that include glazing bars. The front doorway is located towards the left end and features a part-glazed 20th-century door behind a contemporary porch. The roof is gable-ended on the left and hipped on the right.
Inside, much of the interior reflects the 20th-century modernization, although the basic structure appears to be from the 17th century. The larger left room has a deeply chamfered crossbeam, and the fireplace is made of plastered rubble with a chamfered and step-stopped crossbeam. The roof was not accessible for inspection during the survey.
Local climate
Rectory Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% 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 — 3 transactions since 1998
- 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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