Frost Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1985. Cottage.

Frost Cottages

WRENN ID
worn-plinth-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 November 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Frost Cottages, Polson Hill, Morchard Bishop
OS grid reference
SS 771 068
Coordinates
50.84766, -3.74604
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Frost Cottages is a pair of cottages, likely built in the late 17th century to early 18th century. They are made of plastered cob on rubble footings, with rubble or cob stacks topped with 20th-century brick. The left cottage has a slate roof, while the right cottage has a corrugated iron roof, which was formerly thatch. These adjoining cottages each have a two-room layout and face southeast. The left cottage features an axial stack in the party wall, while the right cottage has a projecting end stack. Both cottages are two storeys high and have two window fronts, primarily consisting of late 19th-century to early 20th-century casements with glazing bars. The right cottage has two 20th-century ground floor windows without glazing bars located to the left of its central doorway, which is sheltered by a 20th-century gabled corrugated iron porch. The roof of the left cottage is hipped, while the right cottage has a gable end. Inside, most original features are concealed behind 19th-century and 20th-century plasterwork. The left cottage has a large rubble fireplace with a plain oak lintel. The roof has not been inspected.

Local climate

Frost Cottages 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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