Dorf Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1988. Cottage.
Dorf Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sombre-step-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Dorf Cottage, Dry Lane, Christow, Teignbridge
- OS grid reference
- SX 831 854
- Coordinates
- 50.65722, -3.65453
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dorf Cottage is a cottage dating from the late 17th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed of whitewashed rendered cob and stone, topped with a thatched roof that has gables at both ends and a stack on the right end. The cottage has a single depth, two-room plan, featuring a heated room on the right and an entrance into the unheated room on the left. There is a 20th-century addition at the right end.
The exterior is two storeys high and presents an asymmetrical front with two windows. To the left of the centre, there is a 20th-century lean-to, and the windows are fitted with 20th-century timber casements.
Inside, the right-hand room includes an open fireplace with a granite lintel, chamfered jambs, and a brick-lined bread oven. The room features a chamfered crossbeam with step-stops and exposed joists, some of which are moulded. The left end room has a rough crossbeam.
The apex of the roof was not inspected, but the principal rafters appear to be straight. The cottage has group value with several early houses in Dry Lane.
Local climate
Dorf Cottage receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 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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