Cobble Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1967. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

Cobble Cottage

WRENN ID
wild-spandrel-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1967
Type
Cottage
Address
Cobble Cottage, the Square, Chittlehampton, EX37 9QW
OS grid reference
SS 635 255
Coordinates
51.01275, -3.94593
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cobble Cottage is an early 18th-century cottage that may include earlier elements, but it has been significantly altered in the 20th century. The exterior features unrendered stone rubble with cob at the rear and a thatched roof with gable ends. There are stone rubble stacks at the rear, each with tapered caps heightened in brick; the right end stack has a clay pot.

The original layout is obscured by 20th-century changes, but it currently consists of three rooms arranged in a line. The larger central room contains a 20th-century staircase, while the two end rooms are heated by the rear stacks, with the right-hand fireplace concealed. The central room was formerly heated by a small fireplace with a rounded stack projection at the rear, which has been demolished. There is direct entry into both of the right-hand rooms, and evidence of a blocked doorway to the left end room. The upper end room is reported to have been used as a workshop in the early 20th century, suggesting that the cottage may have been divided into two separate occupations at one time.

The cottage has two storeys and features a three-window range with 20th-century fenestration, consisting of two-light casements, except for the ground floor left end, which has a three-light window. A 20th-century stone rubble porch with a gabled thatch roof leads to the central doorway, which has 20th-century stable doors at each entrance. The interior has been much altered in the 20th century, and the roof was not inspected.

Local climate

Cobble Cottage 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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