Barnacle Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1958. House.

Barnacle Cottage

WRENN ID
veiled-attic-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1958
Type
House
Address
Barnacle Cottage, 12, Bucks Mills, Bideford, Parkham, EX39 5DY
OS grid reference
SS 355 235
Coordinates
50.98748, -4.34393
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Barnacle Cottage is a building that was originally two cottages, now functioning as a single house. It dates from the mid to late 18th century and underwent alterations around 1960. The exterior features colourwashed render over coursed slatestone rubble, with a gabled concrete tile roof that replaced the original thatch. There is a mid-19th century brick stack on the left end and a stone stack finished in mid-19th century brick on the right. The building has a two-unit plan and stands two storeys high, with a three-window range. Timber lintels are present over the central late 19th century panelled door and 19th century windows, which have glazing bars and are set in beaded frames. Inside, there is a chamfered beam and a flat stone arch over an open fireplace that includes a cloam oven in the room on the left. Barnacle Cottage is attached to the left of Nos. 10 and 11.

Local climate

Barnacle Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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