The Rock Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1951. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
The Rock Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sunken-solder-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1951
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Rock Cottage, Clifton Place, Sidmouth, EX10 8RZ
- OS grid reference
- SY 122 870
- Coordinates
- 50.67651, -3.24372
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rock Cottage is a detached stucco house dating from the early 19th century, designed in the "cottage ornee" style. It has two storeys and an attic, featuring a thatched roof with projecting bracketed eaves. The cottage includes semi-circular three-light dormers and polygonal chimney pots adorned with terracotta ornamentation. The sea-facing elevation has four windows and a notable ground floor verandah. The verandah, which has Tudor heads on its two-light casements with drip moulds, breaks forward in the three central bays and extends partially to the sides, supported by open work square section supports and topped with a leaded roof. The front facing Peak Hill Road features a projecting central gabled bay, which has undergone later alterations, including leaded Tudor style windows. The Rock Cottage is part of a group of buildings situated between the cliff edge and Peak Hill Road at the west end of the Esplanade, contributing to one of Sidmouth's most characteristic features.
Local climate
The Rock Cottage 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 — 1 transaction since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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