Beach Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Beach Cottage

WRENN ID
western-paling-jay
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
Beach Cottage, Porlock, Somerset, DY14 0ND
OS grid reference
SS 865 477
Coordinates
51.21804, -3.62592
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Beach Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th century, likely with its walls raised and roof replaced in the 18th century. It is rendered over random rubble and features a thatched roof that is hipped to the right and half-hipped to the left. There is a large stepped stone lateral stack to the left of the entrance, and a rebuilt external stack at the left gable end, which is concealed by a single-storey lean-to addition. The plan consists of three cells and a cross passage, with an outshut at the rear. The cottage has two storeys and is arranged in a 2:1 bay configuration. The first floor has two and three-light 19th-century casement windows, while the ground floor features a similar three-light window and a four-light ovolo moulded mullioned window to the left of the stack, along with a small square-headed light for the hearth. To the right of the heavy chamfered four-centred arch head doorframe, there is a two-light window and a 17th-century framed door. There is another entrance on the left return. The interior has not been seen but likely contains features of interest.

Local climate

Beach 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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