Ferry Cottage Orestone Steps is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1974. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Ferry Cottage Orestone Steps

WRENN ID
ghost-pediment-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 February 1974
Type
Cottage
Address
Ferry Cottage Orestone Steps, Salcombe, TQ8 8JE
OS grid reference
SX 741 388
Coordinates
50.23616, -3.76657
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ferry Cottage at Orestone Steps dates to the early 18th century, with a suggested construction date of 1739. It is a two-storey building, featuring near-flush frame sash windows with glazing bars on both floors. The front of the cottage has a four-panel door. Shaped brackets remain indicating a hood over the left cottage, while a flat hood supported by iron brackets is present over the right cottage, which is painted a plaster colour. The building is constructed of stone and has been painted. Ferry Cottage is part of a group of buildings that includes The Ferry Inn, the Old Watch House, and numbers 39 to 41, and Little End, Fore Street.

Local climate

Ferry Cottage Orestone Steps sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% 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 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • 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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