Dunscombe Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1973. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.

Dunscombe Cottage

WRENN ID
twelfth-lantern-acorn
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
Dunscombe Cottage, Dunsccombe Lane, Sidmouth, EX10 0PN
OS grid reference
SY 157 886
Coordinates
50.6918, -3.19351
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dunscombe Cottage is likely a 16th-century, small cob and thatched former farmhouse, with a later addition to the southwest. The cottage presents a gabled bay to the road. A chimney is visible on the west end. Windows are wood casements, some of which have been renewed. The interior retains several original features including two open fireplaces with bread ovens. A notable feature is an unusual spiral staircase constructed with solid wood treads, possibly of bog oak. A doorway is present with a chamfered 4-centred arch, and numerous heavy beams are also visible.

Local climate

Dunscombe Cottage 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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  • 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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