Sexton's Cottage and Store Approximately 35 Metres South West of Church of St Swithun is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Cottage, store.
Sexton's Cottage and Store Approximately 35 Metres South West of Church of St Swithun
- WRENN ID
- mired-finial-hawk
- 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, store
- OS grid reference
- SS 828 024
- Coordinates
- 50.81017, -3.66422
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sexton's Cottage and Store is an early to mid-19th century building located approximately 35 meters south-west of the Church of St. Swithun in Sandford. It is constructed of volcanic rubble with sandstone lintels and features a volcanic rubble chimney shaft made of 19th-century brick. The building has a slate roof and is small with a gable end, facing south-east, and an end stack that projects from the left (south-west) end.
The structure is two storeys high and has a one-window front. On the first floor, to the left, there is a three-light timber mullioned window, which has two thin iron stanchions per light and a glazing pattern of 21 panes per light, although it currently has no glass. The central light includes a wrought iron casement for 15 panes. To the right, there is a plank door, and a flight of external stone steps with plain iron spear railings leads up to the entrance. The ground floor features a low door that provides access to the store. All openings have plain sandstone lintels that are set proud of the wall surface, which may not be original.
The building is situated in the churchyard, where the ground is much higher than Church Street, making the structure appear as a single storey from the churchyard. There is a similar three-light window on the right (north-east) end of the building. It is built continuously with the churchyard retaining wall. The raised cobbled footpath that runs alongside the front of the building is also included in the listing.
Local climate
Sexton's Cottage and Store Approximately 35 Metres South West of Church of St Swithun 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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