Lowertown Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Cottages.
Lowertown Cottages
- WRENN ID
- winding-alcove-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1985
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Lowertown Cottages, Coryton
- OS grid reference
- SX 462 842
- Coordinates
- 50.63788, -4.17626
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lowertown Cottages is a row of four cottages built in the mid to late 19th century as part of a group of estate cottages by the Newman family, who are also associated with the parish church and Coryton House. The cottages are constructed from stone rubble with granite dressings and feature an asbestos slate hipped roof that is gableted at the ends. There are two stone stacks with brick shafts located on the ridge. The cottages have a double depth plan, with the middle cottages having adjoining porches. They are two storeys high and have a symmetrical four-window front, with entrances accessed through gabled stone porches. The ground floor windows are three-light casements with four panes per light, while the first floor windows are similar two-light casements. The interior has not been inspected. These cottages contribute to an attractive group of mid to late 19th century estate cottages.
Local climate
Lowertown Cottages sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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