Afton Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Afton Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Afton Cottage, Berry Pomeroy, TQ9 6NJ
OS grid reference
SX 841 627
Coordinates
50.45313, -3.6337
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Afton Cottage is a cottage dating from the late 17th century. It is constructed of whitewashed stone rubble and rendered cob, topped with a thatched roof featuring gabled hipped ends. The building has an L-shaped plan with a short hipped roof wing and stands two storeys high. The cottage has small 19th and 20th century casement windows and a glazed door, which is sheltered by a porch made of corrugated plastic sheets. A large chimney stack is located at the gable end, with an oven projecting from its base. To the east, there is a wing made of stone rubble and cob. The cottage is built into a bank, with the ground level almost reaching the eaves on the west side.

Local climate

Afton 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 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
  • 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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