Cliff View Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1978. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Cliff View Cottages
- WRENN ID
- winding-tracery-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1978
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Cliff View Cottages, 1 and 2, Branscombe, EX12 3DA
- OS grid reference
- SY 196 885
- Coordinates
- 50.69108, -3.13885
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cliff View Cottages are a pair of cottages, originally probably dating to the late 18th century or early 19th century, and significantly renovated in 1978. They are constructed of plastered stone rubble, potentially with some cob, and have stone rubble stacks topped with 19th and 20th century brick. The roof is thatched, with slate replacing the thatch to the rear.
The cottages were originally planned as a pair facing south-east. The left-hand cottage (now No. 1) has a two-room plan, while the right-hand cottage (now No. 2) has a three-room plan. A shared axial stack in the party wall serves back-to-back fireplaces. The left room of No. 1 has a rear corner stack. No. 2 incorporates the former structure of two cottages, plus a single-room cottage which originally stood at the right end (formerly No. 3 Cliff View Cottages). A disused stack formerly existed on this section. Both cottages are two storeys high and likely feature integral outshots across the rear.
The exterior has a five-window front with 19th and 20th century replacement casement windows, which have glazing bars. The original doorways remain, all fitted with 1978 doors - the outer doors are plank, and the central one is glazed. The roof is gable-ended to the right and half-hipped to the left. The interior was not inspected, but a small amount of exposed carpentry is reported to be plainly finished. Group value derives from the cottages' contribution to the wider character of the area.
Local climate
Cliff View Cottages receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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