The Gables is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Gables
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-landing-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Gables, Copplestone, EX17 5NR
- OS grid reference
- SS 772 025
- Coordinates
- 50.80976, -3.74417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gables is a cottage, likely dating from the 19th century. It is constructed of plastered cob on rubble footings, with cob or rubble stacks topped with brick and a thatched roof. The cottage originally comprised two rooms, with stacks located in the end walls. It faces southwest and has outshots at each end. The main two-storey facade has a symmetrical arrangement of three windows. The ground floor features C19 and C20 casement windows, each with three lights, while the first floor has two-light casements. A C20 gabled porch with a thatched roof shelters the central entrance door. The three first-floor windows are each set beneath timber-framed thatched gables. The interior retains plain carpentry. A cob-walled outshot to the left has a thatched roof with a hipped end. The front wall of this outshot is now blind but formerly included a door close to the main cottage.
Local climate
The Gables receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 — 4 transactions since 2008
- 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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