Swallows Nest is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1989. A C17 or C18 Cottage.
Swallows Nest
- WRENN ID
- last-landing-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1989
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Swallows Nest, Buckland-Tout-Saints
- OS grid reference
- SX 753 463
- Coordinates
- 50.30385, -3.75137
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Swallows Nest is a detached cottage, formerly two cottages, dating from the 17th or 18th century. It is constructed of painted rubble with a thatched roof. The main front, facing east, consists of two sections, with the roof slightly sloping down over the right end bay, which has a straight joint in the masonry to the larger section; it is set gable to the road. The building is two storeys high, featuring a 2-light casement window above a 3-light casement window, both with rough voussoirs, on the right side. To the left, there is a plank door with a glazed panel. The main front has three windows; the ground floor includes a 20th-century door on the far left, a second door centered between the upper windows, and two 2-light casements. The first floor has three 2-light casements, with the right-hand window on each floor set slightly lower. At the back, there is a central gabled wing with an end stack above a 2-light casement with a wooden lintel. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Swallows Nest receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
- No related consent applications matched
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