Thorn Cottage and Thornette is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1972. A C17 House. 5 related planning applications.

Thorn Cottage and Thornette

WRENN ID
tilted-sentry-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stratford-on-Avon
Constituency
Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 August 1972
Type
House
Address
Thorn Cottage and Thornette, High Street, Welford-On-Avon, CV37 8EF
OS grid reference
SP 149 519
Coordinates
52.16565, -1.78281
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Thorn Cottage and Thornette are two houses dating to the 17th century, with subsequent additions from the 18th and 19th centuries, and a significant restoration in 1991. The houses are timber-framed with brick infill, built upon a rubble plinth, and arranged in a 2-unit plan, with a single-unit addition and a brick addition to the right end. They have a renewed tile roof with a brick end stack and a rear stack.

The exterior is two storeys high with a four-window front. There are two central entrances under a pentice, with 20th-century plank doors, and a further entrance with a glazed door to the right of centre. A renewed bay window with a hipped roof is to the left, and there are two renewed casement windows and a 20th-century window to the right end. On the first floor, there are two partly renewed windows to the left of centre with iron opening casements, and a small window to the right of centre with leaded glazing to a two-light casement. The left return is brick with a stack positioned off-centre to the right; the right return has a 20th-century entrance and windows. The left half of the building exhibits square framing with raised eaves, while the timber framing to the right has thinner scantlings.

The rear elevation is similar, featuring a brick central section next to a stack with a gathered-in shaft. There is a late 20th-century door and one window with a two-light casement and iron opening casement. Other windows have renewed casements, including two 20th-century gabled dormers.

Inside Thorn Cottage, features include chamfered beams, a fireplace with a bressumer, and a bread oven with an iron door.

Local climate

Thorn Cottage and Thornette receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 5 applications
  • 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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