Thornycroft is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. Cottage.
Thornycroft
- WRENN ID
- south-gateway-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Thornycroft, Townend, All Cannings
- OS grid reference
- SU 070 621
- Coordinates
- 51.35846, -1.90021
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thornycroft is a 17th-century cottage located in All Cannings. It features a timber frame resting on a sarsen stone sill, with brick elements and a thatched roof. The building is single storey with an attic and consists of three bays, with only the west bay being framed. The framing is two panels high and includes corner braces, along with a timber-framed lean-to at the gable end. There is a main stack situated between the framed bay and the central brick bay. A door is located on the south side in the framed bay. The cottage has 20th-century windows and a gabled dormer in the center bay on the south side.
Local climate
Thornycroft receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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