The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1989. Detached house. 3 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- ancient-rubble-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1989
- Type
- Detached house
- Address
- The Cottage, Towns Lane, Loddiswell, TQ7 4QY
- OS grid reference
- SX 719 483
- Coordinates
- 50.321, -3.80062
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a detached house, likely dating to the 17th or early 18th century, situated in the village centre of Loddiswell. It is constructed of limewashed rubble and rendered cob, with a thatched roof. The building follows a cross-passage plan, with a heated room on each side and a stack positioned at the back left. The house is set into a ground slope at the rear.
It is two storeys high, with a three-window front above a two-window front. Most windows are two-light casements with horizontal bars; the window to the right of the front door on the ground floor is set into deep reveals. The doorway is off-centre to the right and has a 20th-century door. Gable stacks are external, with a two-light casement on each level to the right of the stack. The left return is plain, while the rear features a rounded corner with a staircase. A flat-roofed extension at the rear is not considered to be of particular interest.
The interior has been modified but retains a spiral stair, two bread ovens, and original roof principals. This building is recognised for its group value.
Local climate
The Cottage 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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