Thorn Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Thorn Cottages
- WRENN ID
- former-entrance-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Thorn Cottages, 1, Bude-Stratton, EX23 0LU
- OS grid reference
- SS 218 050
- Coordinates
- 50.81774, -4.53064
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thorn Cottages is a cottage dating from the late 18th century. It has a whitewashed and plastered exterior with a thatched roof that is gabled at both ends. The cottage features brick chimneys at the gable ends and is two storeys tall. The front is symmetrical with three windows and a central 19th-century front door that is sheltered by a slated canopy supported on brackets. On the ground floor, there are two windows, which are 2-light casements with two panes per light, and there are three similar windows on the first floor. The interior has not been inspected. The cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
Thorn Cottages sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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