Sunnyside Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1989. Cottage.
Sunnyside Cottage
- WRENN ID
- idle-rood-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1989
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Sunnyside Cottage, Kingscott Hill, St. Giles in the Wood
- OS grid reference
- SS 540 178
- Coordinates
- 50.94113, -4.07914
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sunnyside Cottage is a cottage that likely dates from the 19th century, though it may be older, and was modernised around 1970. It is built from plastered stone rubble with 20th century brick quoins, and features stone rubble stacks topped with 20th century brick. The thatched roof adds to its character. The cottage has a two-room layout facing southeast, with each room having a gable-end stack. The right room, which is the kitchen, has an oven housing that projects from the stack.
The exterior is symmetrical, featuring four ground floor windows and three first floor windows, all of which are 20th century casements with 20th century brick reveals. The central doorway has a 20th century part-glazed plank door, which is sheltered by a contemporary porch.
Inside, the cottage shows mainly the effects of the 20th century modernisation, with both fireplaces blocked and no exposed carpentry. The roof has not been inspected. Although the cottage is standalone, it contributes to the overall appearance of Kingscott, a hamlet that contains a notable group of listed buildings.
Local climate
Sunnyside Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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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