April 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.
April Cottage
- WRENN ID
- winding-cinder-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- April Cottage, Kenn, EX6 7TB
- OS grid reference
- SX 915 864
- Coordinates
- 50.6679, -3.53567
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
April Cottage is a house that likely dates back to the 17th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. It features whitewashed rendered cob on stone footings and has a thatched roof that is hipped at the right end. The house has two rear lateral stacks and a single depth main block that is two rooms wide, with a central passage. There is a rear addition from the 1960s. The exact relationship between April Cottage and the adjacent Brookfield is unclear; they seem to be part of the same build and may have originally been one house. The river Kenn flows next to the right end of the house.
The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical three-window front and a front door located to the left of centre, leading into the passage. The windows are modern plate glass set in timber frames. Inside, the cottage has been modernized, but timber panelling is said to remain behind modern wall plaster on the party wall with Brookfield, according to the owner. The roof has straight principal rafters that are visible on the first floor, although the apex was not inspected during the survey in 1987.
Local climate
April Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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