West Efford Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
West Efford Cottage
- WRENN ID
- second-zinc-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- West Efford Cottage, Shobrooke, EX17 1BN
- OS grid reference
- SS 889 008
- Coordinates
- 50.79615, -3.57665
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Efford Cottage is a house that was originally two cottages, dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century, and was renovated in 1965. The building is constructed of rendered cob on rubble footings, with cob stacks topped with brick and a thatched roof made of wheat reed. The original pair of cottages had mirrored plans around a central framed crosswall. Each cottage is two storeys high with a two-room layout and central doors leading into the larger outer room. There are projecting cob stacks at each end of the building, and the roof is hipped at both ends. The front of the house features four windows, which are 1965 replacement timber casements with six panels per light. There are two doors, both with monopitch tiled roofs added in 1965, and the right door has been moved to the left of its original position. Inside, there are fireplaces with side ovens and some original joinery, although the roof has not been inspected.
Local climate
West Efford Cottage receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 4 transactions since 1996
- 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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