Greenbanks Lower Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Greenbanks Lower Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sacred-steel-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1969
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Greenbanks Lower Cottage, 1, Selworthy, Somerset, TA24 8TN
- OS grid reference
- SS 917 467
- Coordinates
- 51.20941, -3.55124
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Greenbanks Lower Cottage is a pair of semi-detached cottages dating from the 17th to 18th century, with alterations made in the mid-19th century. The exterior is roughcast over rubble and possibly cob, topped with a thatched roof that is hipped to the left. There is a lateral stack at the center with a rebuilt circular top, which rises from the eaves on the left side. The layout likely consists of two single-cell dwellings with an extension at the rear. The cottages are two storeys high and feature a 2:2 bay arrangement. The bay to the right of the stack is built forward in line with it, and all windows have ogee-headed leaded lights, including 2 and 3-light casements. On the left side below the eaves, there are 3 and 2-light casements that rise at eaves level, with a 3-light window in the outer bay on the left and center right. The doorways are chamfered and semicircular headed, leading to plank doors. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
Greenbanks Lower Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- 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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