Elm Cottage the Elms is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1974. A Circa 1840 House.
Elm Cottage the Elms
- WRENN ID
- winding-gravel-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Elm Cottage the Elms, Crabb Lane
- OS grid reference
- SX 911 906
- Coordinates
- 50.70532, -3.54232
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Elm Cottage, located on Crabb Lane, is an irregularly-shaped two-storey house built around 1840. It features an exaggerated picturesque style with a Swiss influence. Notable architectural elements include a tower-like feature at one corner, heavily overhanging eaves and bargeboards, pointed windows with diagonal glazing bars, and a trellis balcony. The roof is covered with pantiles. Elm Cottage also includes a small extension to the north that is designed in a similar style.
Local climate
Elm Cottage the Elms 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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