The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1979. A C18 Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
over-spire-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 August 1979
Type
Cottage
Address
The Cottage, Glasshouse Lane, EX2 7BY
OS grid reference
SX 946 894
Coordinates
50.69474, -3.49248
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Cottage is a 18th-century building located on Glasshouse Lane. It is constructed of cob and has two storeys. The windows are modern casements, and the roof is thatched.

Local climate

The Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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