No 2 Sawmill Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1988. Cottage.

No 2 Sawmill Cottages

WRENN ID
deep-chamber-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Teignbridge
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1988
Type
Cottage
Address
No 2 Sawmill Cottages, Powderham
OS grid reference
SX 959 840
Coordinates
50.64648, -3.47334
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 2 Sawmill Cottages is an estate cottage dating from the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed of grey limestone rubble with brick dressings and features a red pantile roof that is gabled at both ends. The building has a single-depth, two-room plan with a single-storey porch block attached to the left end.

The cottage is two storeys tall and has an asymmetrical front with a 1:2 window arrangement and regular fenestration. The front door is made of planks and includes a rectangular fanlight with small panes. To the left of the door, there is one window, while to the right, the two-storey main block has two bays with a window. All windows have brick jambs, segmental brick arches, and original iron casements with diamond glazing bars.

The interior has not been inspected. This cottage forms an attractive group with Nos. 1 and 3 Sawmill Cottages.

Local climate

No 2 Sawmill Cottages 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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