Quest is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1973. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Quest

WRENN ID
crooked-pediment-vetch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1973
Type
Cottage
Address
Quest, Griggs Lane, Sidmouth, EX10 9QF
OS grid reference
SY 139 890
Coordinates
50.69501, -3.22011
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a probable early 19th-century conversion of a farmhouse into a "cottage ornée." It is built of rough cast cob and has a thatched roof. The front is symmetrical, with five windows. The first floor has 2-light casement windows with pointed top panes, and the thatch is “eyebrowed” above them. The ground floor features four French windows, also with pointed top panes. A verandah supported by rustic trunk columns runs across the front. The entrance is to the rear, located between a projecting two-storey section with three-light casement windows. The rear door has Gothic glazing and panelled lower sections, along with side lights.

Local climate

Quest 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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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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