Cottage (National Trust Estate No 68) is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

Cottage (National Trust Estate No 68)

WRENN ID
patient-roof-tallow
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
Cottage (National Trust Estate No 68), Selworthy, Somerset, TA24 8TP
OS grid reference
SS 919 467
Coordinates
51.20994, -3.54881
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a cottage located on the National Trust Estate No 68, dating from the early 19th century and enlarged in the mid-20th century. The exterior is roughcast over rubble with a thatched roof and a circular stack at the rear. The building has a plan featuring semicircular bays at the north end, an outshot on the east side, and a 20th-century addition at the south end. It is a single-storey structure with an attic, displaying three bays on the east front. The entrance is on the right, accessed through a semicircular bay with ogee-headed double doors. To the left, there is a four-light leaded casement window in the outshot, followed by three-light leaded ogee-headed casements that project into the eaves. The left addition features a 20th-century two-light window. The right return has an unlit gable end and a thatched pentice covering a leaded four-light window. The interior has not been seen.

Local climate

Cottage (National Trust Estate No 68) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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