Smugglers Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1973. House. 1 related planning application.
Smugglers Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stranded-glass-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- Smugglers Cottage, Ilfracombe, EX34 8LR
- OS grid reference
- SS 479 464
- Coordinates
- 51.19715, -4.17779
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Smugglers Cottage is a house dating to the 17th century, although a carved date of 1627 above the porch is likely unreliable. It is constructed of roughly coursed rubble with a slate roof covered with red crested ridge tiles. Originally built with a 2-unit plan, the house was considerably enlarged during the 20th century and now has a 2-window front. The upper windows are located in gabled dormers that project above the eaves, and feature 20th-century top-opening casements. An open porch with a 20th-century bow window stands to the right. The right-hand return side contains a large external chimney stack with two diagonally-set stone shafts. Rear extensions include a flat-roofed section covered with both slate and shingles. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
Smugglers Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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 2003
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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