White Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1990. House. 1 related planning application.
White Cottage
- WRENN ID
- carved-chalk-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1990
- Type
- House
- Address
- White Cottage, East Portlemouth, TQ8 8PE
- OS grid reference
- SX 746 385
- Coordinates
- 50.23365, -3.75933
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
White Cottage is a house dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century, with later additions from the 18th century and early 20th century at the rear. It features plastered rubble and cob walls and a gable-ended thatch roof, with a rubble stack and brick shaft at each gable end. The layout has likely been altered; it was probably originally two cottages but now consists of three rooms, with the central room being unheated. There is an unheated 18th-century wing behind the right-hand end and an early 20th-century outshut adjoining it. The exterior is two storeys high, with an asymmetrical front that has four windows, including one and two-light casements from the 20th century. There is a 20th-century lean-to porch to the left of centre and another at the right-hand end, both featuring part-glazed doors. The interior has been modernised in the early 20th century and does not show early features, although the original fireplaces may still be concealed.
Local climate
White Cottage 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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