Groom's Cottage at Ashcombe Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1988. Cottage.
Groom's Cottage at Ashcombe Tower
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-pavement-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- SX 927 776
- Coordinates
- 50.58841, -3.51657
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Groom's Cottage at the entrance to the drive to Ashcombe Tower was designed by Brian O'Rorke and built between 1933 and 1936. The cottage is constructed of stone rubble, which is whitewashed and rendered, featuring rusticated stone quoins similar to those found at Ashcombe Tower. It has a thatched roof that is half-hipped at both ends and a central axial stack with a rusticated stone shaft. The building showcases a Free Vernacular Revival style, reflecting the exterior design of the main house.
The plan consists of two rooms wide with a central entrance and rear service rooms in an outshut. The exterior is two storeys high with a symmetrical three-bay front. The central front door has rusticated jambs and is topped by a flat porch canopy supported on brackets. There are two-light casement windows with glazing bars, positioned one on either side of the door and one above on the first floor.
Although the interior has not been inspected, it is noted that the cottage is part of a stable yard that originally included garages and petrol pumps. All the buildings in the yard were thatched, but Groom's Cottage is the only surviving thatched structure in the group.
Local climate
Groom's Cottage at Ashcombe Tower receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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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