Little Ash is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1988. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Little Ash

WRENN ID
first-gravel-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 January 1988
Type
Cottage
Address
Little Ash, Chittlehampton, EX37 9QA
OS grid reference
SS 636 252
Coordinates
51.01, -3.94488
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Little Ash is a cottage, probably from the 18th century, located in Chittlehampton. It is constructed of whitewashed rendered stone rubble and cob, topped with a thatched roof that is half-hipped at the left end and gable-ended at the right. There is a brick chimney stack at the left corner for the fireplace and a stone rubble stack at the right gable end.

The interior is not accessible and is reported to have been significantly altered in the 20th century, but it likely originally consisted of four ground floor rooms arranged in a line, with two entrances suggesting it may have been divided into two separate living spaces at some point. The cottage has two storeys and features a four-window range. The windows are of late 19th or 20th century design, with three-light casements of two panes per light at the left end, while the other windows are two-light casements. The upper storey windows have two panes per light, while the ground floor windows are from the 20th century.

There are two 20th century stone rubble porches with pantiled roofs and modern doors. Lean-tos are present at each gable end, and there is a 20th century outshut at the rear. The two central ground floor windows appear to have been inserted into blocked doorways. The interior remains inaccessible for further examination.

Local climate

Little Ash receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2009
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • 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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