Rice Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1988. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Rice Cottage
- WRENN ID
- pitched-moat-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Rice Cottage, Alverdiscott, EX39 4PU
- OS grid reference
- SS 506 257
- Coordinates
- 51.01194, -4.13083
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rice Cottage is a cottage dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century, with an extension added to the left around 1970. The exterior features colourwashed render over cob and stone, topped with a thatched roof that is hipped to the left and gabled to the right. There is a rendered stone ridge stack, which was originally located at the left end of the building. The cottage has a one-unit plan with an outshut to the left that was heightened to create a two-storey bay around 1970. It stands two storeys tall and has been extended from a three-window range to a four-window range. A 20th-century doorway is located to the right. The windows include late 19th-century two-light casements with glazing bars, positioned left of centre and on the first floor, along with an eyebrow dormer. The left bay features 20th-century casements, and there is a blocked doorway to the right of centre. Inside, the principal rafters of the A-frame roof are visible at the first-floor level. The cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
Rice Cottage receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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