Comb in Hedge is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. Cottage.

Comb in Hedge

WRENN ID
spare-marble-plum
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
Comb in Hedge, Blackacre Road, Colyton
OS grid reference
SY 213 950
Coordinates
50.74947, -3.11643
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Comb in Hedge is a cottage dating from around the 16th century. It is constructed from plastered and white-washed stone rubble and cob, topped with a thatched roof that features half hipped and gabled ends. The building has two storeys, with a very small wood mullion window on the first floor and a 19th-century casement window on the ground floor. There is a central plank door and a brick chimney stack located at the gable end. A lean-to is present at the north-west end of the cottage. Inside, the cottage features a heavy chamfered ceiling beam, a fireplace with a chamfered timber bressummer, and jointed cruck trusses.

Local climate

Comb in Hedge 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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