The Cottage and Holly Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Cottage and Holly Cottage
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Cottage and Holly Cottage, Yealmpton, PL8 2EL
- OS grid reference
- SX 593 514
- Coordinates
- 50.34657, -3.97791
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of cottages dating from around the 18th century. They are constructed from stone rubble with a roughcast front and have thatched roofs with gabled ends. Holly Cottage sits at a lower level. The cottages are two storeys high with a four-window front. They feature 20th-century two-light casement windows with glazing bars, and a 20th-century coupled porch is located centrally. Large stone rubble chimney stacks are positioned at the gable ends.
Local climate
The Cottage and Holly Cottage receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% 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 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 12 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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