Fitzford Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1977. Cottages. 47 related planning applications.
Fitzford Cottages
- WRENN ID
- salt-tower-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1977
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Fitzford Cottages, 1-36, Plymouth Road, Tavistock, PL19 8DB
- OS grid reference
- SX 475 738
- Coordinates
- 50.54448, -4.15364
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fitzford Cottages, dated 1862 and bearing a commemorative plaque between numbers 27 and 28, were built as part of the Duke of Bedford’s housing scheme for local miners. The cottages comprise two rows, each containing three blocks of six dwellings. They are constructed of stone rubble, with some areas colour-washed and others roughcast. The roofs are covered in gabled slate, with brick chimney stacks. Each house has a single casement window; some of these windows have been altered. Each house has a gabled weather porch, with the end houses also featuring porches on their side elevations.
Local climate
Fitzford Cottages 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 24 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 47 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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