Laurel Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. A C16 Cottage.

Laurel Cottage

WRENN ID
silent-iron-ash
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
Laurel Cottage, Church Hill, Musbury
OS grid reference
SY 274 946
Coordinates
50.74661, -3.0302
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Laurel Cottage is a cottage dating from the early 16th century. It is constructed of plastered stone rubble and features a thatched roof with half-hipped ends. The building has two storeys and a four-window range, with small one, three, and four-light casements that have leaded panes. There is a plank door located to the left of the centre. The cottage has rendered ridge and end chimney stacks. Inside, there are three jointed cruck trusses, a cambered fireplace bressummer, and stopped and chamfered ceiling beams.

Local climate

Laurel Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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