Glen Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1973. Cottages.
Glen Cottages
- WRENN ID
- little-rubblework-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1973
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Glen Cottages, Orchard Hill, Northam
- OS grid reference
- SS 450 276
- Coordinates
- 51.02715, -4.2114
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Glen Cottages are two cottages from the 17th century that have been altered and modernized. They are built in one block and stand two storeys high. The cottages have roughcast walls and a slate roof, with large projecting chimneys. The windows have been replaced with new ones, reflecting the changes made over time.
Local climate
Glen Cottages receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 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 — 6 transactions since 1997
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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