Coombe Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 June 1977. Cottage.

Coombe Cottage

WRENN ID
wild-cupola-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 June 1977
Type
Cottage
Address
Coombe Cottage, Littlehempston
OS grid reference
SX 814 626
Coordinates
50.45158, -3.67107
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Coombe Cottage is a cottage dating from around the 16th century, with additions made in the 20th century. It is constructed from rendered and whitewashed stone rubble and features a thatched roof with gabled ends and eyebrow eaves. The building stands two storeys tall and has a three-window range, with 20th-century casements that include glazing bars. There is a 20th-century door located to the right of the centre, which is sheltered by a 20th-century open porch. Rendered chimney stacks are present at both gable ends. The thatch extends over a 20th-century garage extension at the east end and over a rear extension. Inside, the cottage has heavy timber planks and moulded studding in the cross-passage, with a doorway at the lower (west) end featuring a depressed arch and a shouldered arch leading to the back doorway of the cross-passage. There is a large plain timber fireplace bressummer at the lower end, along with a stopped and chamfered ceiling beam.

Local climate

Coombe Cottage receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% 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 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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