Woodpecker Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1988. House. 1 related planning application.

Woodpecker Cottage

WRENN ID
tenth-step-sepia
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Teignbridge
Constituency
Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1988
Type
House
Address
Woodpecker Cottage, Kenton, EX6 8NH
OS grid reference
SX 960 836
Coordinates
50.64285, -3.472
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Woodpecker Cottage is a small house, believed to have been converted from a barn in the late 19th century. It features colourwashed rendered cob and stone rubble with a thatched roof that is half-hipped at the ends and has a stack at the right end. The building has a single depth plan and is two storeys high. The front is asymmetrical with four windows, and the thatch eaves are eyebrowed over two first-floor windows. There is a 20th-century front door and 20th-century casements at the rear. The interior has not been inspected. Woodpecker Cottage is included for its group value with Trelawn and Peacock Cottage, creating an attractive thatched group behind a new housing estate.

Local climate

Woodpecker Cottage 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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