Number 4 Woodsdown Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1989. A C18-C19 Cottage.

Number 4 Woodsdown Cottages

WRENN ID
scattered-slate-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1989
Type
Cottage
Address
Number 4 Woodsdown Cottages, Woodsdown Hill Road, Pancrasweek
OS grid reference
SS 311 088
Coordinates
50.85472, -4.40001
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 4 Woodsdown Cottages is a cottage dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century, with a rear extension added in the mid-20th century. The building features roughcast over rubble and cob, topped with a thatched roof and a 19th-century brick stack at the gable end. It is a single cell structure with a stair and closet located at the north gable end, and the west front includes the 20th-century extension.

The east front is two storeys high and has two bays, featuring two 2-light 19th-century casement windows with multiple panes and projecting sills. The ground floor is unlit, with a central stable door that has a double lower door, and a fixed light 6-pane window in the south gable end facing the road.

Inside, there is a large open fireplace that contains a Raeburn stove and a wooden shelf supported by brackets. The north end has plank doors with original hinges. Although the upper floor was not seen, it is believed to have a collar beam roof. The walls of the cottage are made of rubble up to the first floor level.

Local climate

Number 4 Woodsdown Cottages sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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