White Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1991. A C17 Cottage. 1 related planning application.
White Cottage
- WRENN ID
- long-kitchen-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1991
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- White Cottage, Strete, TQ6 0PL
- OS grid reference
- SX 851 478
- Coordinates
- 50.31967, -3.6147
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
White Cottage is a cottage that likely dates from the late 17th century or early 18th century, with a single-storey outshut added in the 18th or 19th century and a 20th-century extension at the rear. The building is constructed of painted local slate rubble and features a thatched roof that is half hipped at the left end and gabled at the right end, with the thatch extending over the outshut and the rear extension. There is a painted stone rubble stack at the left end with a short shaft and weathering.
The cottage has a small one-room plan and is two storeys high, positioned backing onto the road. It is heated by a stack located at the right-hand west end, and there is a newel staircase in the front right corner. The north front has a large 20th-century extension. The exterior is asymmetrical, originally facing the back, with a window to the left of centre featuring a 20th-century casement. The right-hand end has 20th-century casements on both the ground and first floors, along with a 20th-century glazed door to the left. The outshut at the left end also has a 20th-century glazed door.
Inside, only the ground storey was inspected. It has rough chamfered joists in the ceiling, and the fireplace is blocked. There is a wooden newel staircase present.
Local climate
White Cottage receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% 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 2 freeze-thaw cycles 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 0.2°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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- 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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