Woodmanswell Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. House.
Woodmanswell Cottage
- WRENN ID
- over-wicket-autumn
- 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
- House
- Address
- Woodmanswell Cottage, Brentor
- OS grid reference
- SX 487 830
- Coordinates
- 50.62759, -4.13995
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Woodmanswell Cottage is a house that dates from the late 16th century to early 17th century, with extensive alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed of stone rubble interspersed with courses of slate and has a 20th-century tiled roof, which was formerly thatched. There is a rendered stack at the left gable end and some 20th-century slate-hanging on the rear. The house has a two-room plan and features a semi-circular stair turret at the rear. It stands two storeys high and has an asymmetrical front with three windows, an off-centre 20th-century glazed porch, and a 20th-century front door. The windows are irregularly placed and are 20th-century casements. The rear turret includes a two-light reused stone mullioned stair window. Inside, there are large chamfered joists and a large fireplace with a replaced lintel. The roof timbers are from the 20th century.
Local climate
Woodmanswell Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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