Rectory Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Rectory Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-dormer-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Rectory Cottage, Northlew, EX20 3NJ
- OS grid reference
- SX 504 991
- Coordinates
- 50.77245, -4.12206
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rectory Cottage is a cottage dating from around the early 18th century. It is constructed of plastered cob and rubble walls, with a thatched, gable-ended roof. Brick stacks are located at each gable end. The original plan comprised two rooms, both now heated by gable-end stacks, although the left-hand room may have previously had a separate stack. Stairs were later inserted into a central entrance passage. A 19th-century rear outshut has been added. The front of the cottage is symmetrical, featuring a modern two and three-light casement window arrangement, with a central, modern lean-to porch containing a stable-style door. Inside, the fireplace in the right-hand room has a plain wooden lintel and an oven incorporated into the left side.
Local climate
Rectory Cottage 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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