Larksworthy Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1987. Cottages. 1 related planning application.

Larksworthy Cottages

WRENN ID
seventh-bronze-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 1987
Type
Cottages
Address
Larksworthy Cottages, Essington Road, North Tawton, EX20 2DS
OS grid reference
SS 669 019
Coordinates
50.80139, -3.89008
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Larksworthy Cottages is a row of four cottages that may have originally been one house. They date from the 17th century, possibly with earlier origins, and were likely extended in the 18th century. The cottages have rendered cob walls and a thatched roof that is hipped to the left and gabled at the right end. There are axial brick and rendered stacks, along with a projecting rendered rubble stack at the right gable end. The exterior features two storeys and an asymmetrical front with six windows, which are all 20th-century 1, 2, and 3-light casements. There is a 20th-century glazed door in the recessed left-hand end, a 20th-century plank door towards the left-hand end, and another towards the right-hand end. The interiors were inaccessible at the time of the survey.

Local climate

Larksworthy Cottages sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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  • Sale history — 7 transactions since 1995
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  • Radon risk assessment
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