Grattans Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Grattans Cottage

WRENN ID
narrow-sandstone-honey
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
Grattans Cottage, Bow, EX17 6JP
OS grid reference
SS 735 018
Coordinates
50.80267, -3.7956
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Grattans Cottage is a late 19th-century cottage constructed of plastered brick, likely incorporating some stone rubble. It features brick stacks with plastered brick shafts and a slate roof. The cottage has a gable-ended, two-room plan with a central staircase, facing west, and end stacks. There is a 20th-century extension on the right (south) end. The building stands two storeys high and has a nearly symmetrical two-window front, which is slightly skewed to the right. The windows are round-headed casements with glazing bars, including radial patterns in the heads, with the ground floor windows being broader than those on the first floor. The central entrance features a four-panel door and a 19th-century gabled porch with a slate roof, shaped bargeboards, an apex pendant, and a round-headed outer arch. At the rear, there is a single round-headed stair window. The interior has not been inspected. This cottage is likely a gardener's cottage for the nearby Grattan Manor and is included for its group value.

Local climate

Grattans Cottage 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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