Gould's Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Residential.
Gould's Cottages
- WRENN ID
- brooding-jamb-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Gould's Cottages, 1-4, Broad Clyst
- OS grid reference
- SX 982 971
- Coordinates
- 50.76498, -3.44409
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gould's Cottages is a terrace of four houses, originally built as three, in 1778 by Benjamin Gould. The cottages are constructed of cob on a stone plinth and are rendered, topped with a gabled slate roof. There are two axial brick stacks and the building has two storeys. The symmetrical front features five bays, with a platband and the middle three bays slightly projecting. A central door is set under a pediment supported by modillions and console brackets. Between the three central first-floor windows are two semi-circular headed niches. The doors at the ends of the range have moulded lintels on console brackets but lack pediments. All the sash windows appear to be original, with each window featuring two 6-pane timber sashes. The right-hand end includes two 2-light casement windows and a small one-light window on the first floor and attic. The interior of number 4 has been altered but still retains panelled internal shutters. The cottages were restored in 1969.
Local climate
Gould's Cottages 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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