4 and 5, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1987. A C17 Cottage.

4 and 5, High Street

WRENN ID
dreaming-rotunda-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
4 and 5, High Street, Exbourne
OS grid reference
SS 602 017
Coordinates
50.79852, -3.98495
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

4 and 5 High Street are a pair of cottages dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century, possibly built at slightly different times. The cottages have rendered and plastered cob walls and gable-ended roofs, with slate on No. 4 and corrugated asbestos, likely over thatch, on No. 5. Each cottage has a brick stack at the outer gable end.

In terms of layout, No. 4 has a one-room plan, while No. 5 features a two-room plan with the right-hand room heated. Both cottages are two storeys high and have two-window fronts. No. 4, on the left, has a three-light late 19th-century casement window to the left and two 2-light 20th-century casements above. It also has a 20th-century part-glazed door to the right. No. 5, on the right, has early 20th-century casements, with a two-light window to the left and a three-light window to the right, along with a 19th-century plank door at the centre. The interior has not been inspected but may include features such as open fireplaces and ceiling beams.

Local climate

4 and 5, High Street sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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