Carew Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Cottage.
Carew Cottages
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-paling-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Carew Cottages, 1-3, Crowcombe
- OS grid reference
- ST 135 369
- Coordinates
- 51.12508, -3.23618
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Carew Cottages is a cottage that has been divided, likely built in the late 16th century and enlarged in the early 17th century. It features roughcast over cob and a thatched roof, with brick stacks on the gable end to the left, on the cross wing, and to the right of the entrance to No. 2. The building has a plan that faces the road, with a gabled cross wing and a stair projection on the east side. It is one and a half storeys high, with a layout of 1:2 bays. There is a 2-light casement window in the gable end of the cross wing, two 2-light dormers, and the ground floor of the cross wing is lit by windows on the left and right returns. The left side features a plank door for No. 1, while No. 2 has an inset entrance with a casement window to the right, and No. 3 has a 12-pane sash window in the outer bay right of its entrance, all of which have 20th-century plank doors. Carew Cottages is noted as the best surviving thatched cottage in the parish, presenting a picturesque appearance that highlights the sculptural qualities of cob. The interior has not been viewed.
Local climate
Carew Cottages receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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