Number 2 Davids Land Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. Cottage.
Number 2 Davids Land Cottages
- WRENN ID
- open-forge-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Number 2 Davids Land Cottages, Down St. Mary
- OS grid reference
- SS 741 047
- Coordinates
- 50.82849, -3.78895
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 2 Davids Land Cottages is a mid-19th century cottage located in Down St Mary. The rear of the building is made of plastered cob and rubble, while the front features volcanic stone, with part of the first floor hung with red tiles. The cottage has a stone rubble stack topped with brick and a roof covered in interlocking red tiles that have unusual pointed edges.
This two-room plan cottage faces south, with the right (east) room being larger, wider, and taller, featuring a projecting rear lateral stack. It adjoins No. 1 Davids Land Cottages, also known as Bramble Cottage, which is two storeys high. The front has three windows, which are a mix of 19th and 20th-century replacement casements, most of which include glazing bars. The right two windows are set in the rubble front under segmental arches. There is a doorway to the left under a segmental arch, which is sheltered by a modern monopitch porch with a glass roof. The left room has tile hanging at the first-floor level, as does the left gable end.
The interior has been modernised, with plain carpentry details visible where exposed.
Local climate
Number 2 Davids Land Cottages receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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