Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1974. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Old Cottage

WRENN ID
standing-cobalt-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 February 1974
Type
Cottage
Address
Old Cottage, Salcombe, TQ8 8NF
OS grid reference
SX 731 397
Coordinates
50.24406, -3.77995
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Cottage is a 17th or early 18th century building, constructed primarily of stone, with a timber-framed and plastered front wall, now lined and painted. It has an old slate roof and is two storeys high. A massive square chimney is a prominent feature, alongside casement windows. It forms a group with Elworthy Cottage, Glencora, Summer Cottage, Old Cotta,e and Rose Cottage.

Local climate

Old 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2010
  • 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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