Church Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1985. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Church Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sheer-rubblework-bistre
- 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
- Church Cottage, Poughill, EX17 4LA
- OS grid reference
- SS 856 084
- Coordinates
- 50.86402, -3.62608
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church Cottage is an 18th-century cottage situated in Poughill. It is constructed of plastered cob on rubble footings, with a rubble stack incorporating 19th and 20th-century brickwork, and a thatched roof. Originally facing south, the cottage has a two-room plan with the stack located at the right (east) end. The facade features two windows. Late 19th-century casements with glazing bars are present in the upper storey, while the ground floor windows are 20th-century casements. A previous doorway was blocked and is now indicated by a window on the left side; a modern porch now obscures the present doorway on the right end. The roof is hipped at both ends.
The larger, heated room contains a plain chamfered crossbeam and a rubble fireplace with a plain oak lintel and a brick oven to the left. The roof structure is an A-frame design, featuring nailed lap-jointed collars, with the tenon carried through to seat the ridge at each apex.
Local climate
Church Cottage receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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