Little Cob 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.

Little Cob

WRENN ID
gaunt-stronghold-rowan
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
Little Cob, Meeth, EX20 3EP
OS grid reference
SS 549 082
Coordinates
50.85531, -4.06279
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Little Cob is a cottage that likely dates from the mid to late 17th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. The cottage features rendered cob walls and a thatched roof that is hipped at the left end and gabled at the right. There is a 20th-century rendered stack at the right gable end. The original layout consisted of two rooms, with the larger heated room on the right. The left-hand room has been divided into two rooms during the 20th century.

The exterior is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical front with two windows, which are 20th-century two-light casements. To the left of centre, there are 20th-century glazed double doors beneath a wood shingle door hood. Inside, the fireplace features a wooden lintel that is chamfered with jewel stops, and there are insubstantial rough ceiling joists. The roof structure has not been inspected.

Local climate

Little Cob sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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  • 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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