Doverhay Cottage and Wall Fronting Road is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1986. Cottage.
Doverhay Cottage and Wall Fronting Road
- WRENN ID
- tall-chimney-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Doverhay Cottage and Wall Fronting Road, Porlock, Somerset
- OS grid reference
- SS 887 466
- Coordinates
- 51.2083, -3.59341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Doverhay Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that has been altered in the early to mid-20th century. It is rendered over rubble with a thatched roof, overhanging eaves, wrought iron brackets, and stone stacks at the gable ends. The plan suggests it was originally a two-cell structure with a cross passage, which has been extensively modified. There is a brick porch addition on the northeast side that originally connected to Doverhay House, which is adjacent to the north.
The east front of the cottage is two storeys high and features two late 18th to early 19th century leaded iron casements on the right side of the ground floor, which are obscured from the road by a wall. On the left side, there is a 20th-century three-light casement and a canted bay porch made of painted brick with a thatched roof, leading to a 20th-century door on the right.
A red sandstone random rubble wall runs alongside the cottage, creating a continuous curve that leads to the entrance of Doverhay House, with inserted brick jambs for 20th-century double gates. The garden front has been extensively altered and was likely the service end of Doverhay House in the 19th century. The cottage is listed mainly for its contribution to the local street scene.
Local climate
Doverhay Cottage and Wall Fronting Road 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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