Straycroft Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Straycroft Cottage
- WRENN ID
- second-soffit-finch
- 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
- Straycroft Cottage, Rockerhayne Cross, Colyton, EX24 6DA
- OS grid reference
- SY 213 963
- Coordinates
- 50.76143, -3.1167
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Straycroft Cottage is a 17th-century or earlier cottage located at a right angle to the road. It is constructed of roughcast and plastered stone rubble or cob, with a thatched roof featuring hipped and gabled ends. The cottage has two storeys and a two-window front. It now has modern metal frame casement windows with glazing bars, and a central plank front door. A brick chimney stack is located at the gable end.
Local climate
Straycroft 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- 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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