Thorn House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1988. House. 2 related planning applications.
Thorn House
- WRENN ID
- waning-attic-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Thorn House, 18, High Street, Steeple Ashton, BA14 6EL
- OS grid reference
- ST 905 569
- Coordinates
- 51.31183, -2.13653
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thorn House is a detached house dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of painted rubble stone with a Bridgwater tiled roof and gable-end brick stacks. The house is two storeys high, with a three-window front. A six-panelled door is located to the right of the centre, flanked by three-light, cyma-moulded casement windows. The first floor has a two-light mullioned casement above the door, with matching three-light windows on either side. A two-light casement window is visible on the ground floor of the left return, and a blocked attic casement. The rear of the property features 20th-century dormers and a 19th-century English bond brick extension. The interior was inaccessible during a survey in February 1987. As with other properties in the village, the roof was renewed during the late 19th century under the auspices of the Long estate.
Local climate
Thorn House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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