Lower Locks Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1988. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Lower Locks Cottages

WRENN ID
crooked-string-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 November 1988
Type
Cottage
Address
Lower Locks Cottages, 1, East Street, North Molton, EX36 3HR
OS grid reference
SS 740 297
Coordinates
51.05335, -3.79909
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A cottage, likely dating from the late 17th century, with later 20th-century alterations. It is built with rendered walls, probably over a base of stone rubble and cob. The roof is of scantle slate. A rendered stone stack has weatherings. The original layout was probably a three-room baffle-entry plan, with an axial stack positioned between the two rooms on the left-hand side. The cottage has two storeys, with three windows on the first floor and four on the ground floor. Most of the windows are late 20th-century, with two-light wooden casements. A 20th-century segmental-headed door, with glazing, is located between the first and second windows from the left. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Lower Locks Cottages sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2006
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • 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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