Higher Morley Littlejoy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1983. Farmhouse.
Higher Morley Littlejoy Cottage
- WRENN ID
- young-paling-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Higher Morley Littlejoy Cottage, Littlejoy Road, Newton Abbot
- OS grid reference
- SX 829 713
- Coordinates
- 50.5306, -3.6534
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher Morley Littlejoy Cottage is a farmhouse that was later converted into three cottages and is now two dwellings. It dates from the 17th century, with significant alterations made in the 19th century and mid-20th century. The building features painted render over cob and rubblestone, topped with a thatched roof and stone and rendered stacks.
The layout consists of a four-unit plan, with Higher Morley on the left of Littlejoy Cottage. To the right is a former service room, and there is a projecting stack and hall bay to the left of a former through passage. Two stone lateral stacks are located to the left of the rear wall.
The exterior is two storeys high and has a four-window range. A late 19th-century flat-roofed block projects forward from the inside-left of the hall bay and includes a two-light, three-pane casement window, while the other windows are from the 20th century. A mid-20th-century lean-to extends to the front of the former entry on the right, and the former service room has been extensively rebuilt during the mid-20th century.
Inside, the dwelling on the left has an entrance on the left return. Both floors feature a chamfered crossbeam, and to the right of the door, there is a winding stair. Notably, horizontal straw from the original render can be seen above the door, visible beneath the later 20th-century render. The dwelling on the right has been altered, and the roof has not been inspected.
Local climate
Higher Morley Littlejoy Cottage receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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