Thorncross is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1994. Farmhouse.
Thorncross
- WRENN ID
- proud-latch-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1994
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Thorncross, Wicken Hill Lane, Brighstone
- OS grid reference
- SZ 438 816
- Coordinates
- 50.63334, -1.381
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thorncross is an early 19th-century farmhouse located in Brighstone. It is constructed from stone rubble, featuring some ironstone and quoins made of Bembridge stone. The building has a hipped slate roof with red brick chimneystacks and consists of two parallel ranges. It is two storeys high with three windows. The central windows are 12-pane sashes, while the others lack glazing bars and are framed by moulded wooden architraves and stone surrounds. A central stone and slate gabled weather porch is present, and there are tripartite sashes on the end elevation.
Local climate
Thorncross receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2004
- No related consent applications matched
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