Myrtle Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1986. A C19 Cottage.
Myrtle Cottage
- WRENN ID
- odd-stone-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Myrtle Cottage, Chawleigh
- OS grid reference
- SS 713 121
- Coordinates
- 50.89438, -3.83061
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Myrtle Cottage is a small cottage, likely built in the mid 19th century. The structure features a mix of partly exposed and partly plastered stone rubble, with some sections possibly made of cob. It has a stone rubble stack with a plastered brick chimney shaft and a thatched roof, while the service room has a slate roof.
The cottage has a two-room plan, facing southeast and positioned at right angles to the road. There is a central entry, with a stack at the right (northeast) end and a service room or former store located at right angles behind the left room. The building is two storeys tall, with a single storey service room.
The front of the cottage has an irregular two-window arrangement featuring early 20th-century casements with glazing bars, along with a contemporary door located just to the right of the centre. The roof is hipped at both ends. The left end facing the road is blind and constructed of exposed rubble. The service room, also made of exposed rubble, has a side facing the road that includes a 20th-century casement and door.
The interior does not have any exposed carpentry, and the roof has not been inspected.
Local climate
Myrtle Cottage receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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