Wheelwright's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Wheelwright's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- brooding-cornice-moon
- 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
- Wheelwright's Cottage, Vicarage Hill, Holbeton, PL8 1LH
- OS grid reference
- SX 613 502
- Coordinates
- 50.33577, -3.94918
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wheelwright's Cottage is an 18th-century cottage located at right angles to the road on Vicarage Hill in Holbeton. It is constructed of rendered stone rubble and features a slate roof with gabled ends. The cottage is two storeys high and has a range of four windows. The east end has a one-bay extension from the 20th century. The windows are two-light casements from the 19th or 20th century, complete with glazing bars. The central entrance has a glazed door topped with a slated hood. Large rendered chimney stacks are present at both gable ends. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Wheelwright's Cottage receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
- 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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