Coastguard Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. Terrace of cottages. 1 related planning application.

Coastguard Cottages

WRENN ID
cold-porch-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 July 1984
Type
Terrace of cottages
Address
Coastguard Cottages, Bovisand Lane, Wembury, PL9 0AD
OS grid reference
SX 489 507
Coordinates
50.33701, -4.12404
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Coastguard Cottages is a terrace of four cottages built around the mid-19th century. The cottages are constructed from stone rubble with a slate-hung front and feature a hipped roof made of corrugated asbestos. They are two storeys high and have a long range of eight windows, all of which are sashes with vertical glazing bars. Only one cottage retains its original plank door, while the others have glazed doors. The right-hand cottage is set back and faces southwest, and there are rendered ridge chimney stacks on the roofs.

Local climate

Coastguard Cottages sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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