Symes Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. Cottage.
Symes Cottage
- WRENN ID
- wild-cellar-fen
- 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
- Symes Cottage, Back Lane, Chardstock
- OS grid reference
- ST 310 042
- Coordinates
- 50.8334, -2.98047
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Symes Cottage is a cottage dating from around the 17th century. It is constructed of white-washed stone rubble and features a thatched roof with hipped and half hipped ends. The building has two storeys and a range of three to four windows, which include two and three light casements, some of which are from the 18th century and have leaded panes. The right-hand doorway has a plank door and is accompanied by a modern wooden porch. There is a brick ridge chimney stack that is off centre, and a single storey lean-to is present at each end of the cottage. Inside, there is a stopped chamfer ceiling beam and a fireplace bressummer, with the fireplace featuring an oven and a pointed arch opening.
Local climate
Symes Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% 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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