Knowle Cross Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1988. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Knowle Cross Cottage
- WRENN ID
- floating-gable-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Knowle Cross Cottage, Whimple, EX5 2NZ
- OS grid reference
- SY 040 977
- Coordinates
- 50.77167, -3.36262
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Knowle Cross Cottage is a cottage that likely dates from the 18th century and was modernised around 1970. It is constructed of plastered cob, possibly with stone footings, and features cob or stone rubble stacks topped with 20th-century brick. The cottage has an L-shaped plan, with the main block facing south and consisting of two rooms. The left (west) room has a rear lateral stack, while the right room has a possible secondary end stack. There is a one-room plan rear block at right angles behind the right end. The building is two storeys high.
The exterior is nearly symmetrical, with a two-window front featuring 20th-century casements with glazing bars. The central doorway has a 20th-century door and is sheltered by a contemporary gabled porch with a thatched roof. The roof is hipped at both ends. Inside, the cottage has plain carpentry details, and some old beams were added as replacements around 1970. The roof has not been inspected. Knowle Cross Cottage is part of a charming group of small thatch-roofed cottages at Knowle Cross.
Local climate
Knowle Cross Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 2 transactions since 2002
- 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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