The Old 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.
The Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
- rough-passage-lake
- 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
- The Old Cottage, Church Hill, Musbury, EX13 8BA
- OS grid reference
- SY 274 946
- Coordinates
- 50.74655, -3.02988
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Cottage is a cottage dating from around the 17th century. It is constructed from roughcast stone rubble and features a thatched roof with gabled ends. The building is two storeys high and has a long range, with only two window bays on the front right side. These bays contain three-light casements with glazing bars, along with a modern glazed door that is sheltered by a thatched porch. The cottage has rendered ridge and end chimney stacks. Inside, there are stopped and chamfered ceiling beams.
Local climate
The Old 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
- 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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