Oroolong House Thame House is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1967. House. 2 related planning applications.

Oroolong House Thame House

WRENN ID
crooked-pedestal-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1967
Type
House
Address
Oroolong House Thame House, Queen Street, Colyton, EX24 6JU
OS grid reference
SY 245 939
Coordinates
50.74031, -3.07134
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Oroolong House and Thame House, formerly known as The Fernery, is a pair of adjoining houses located on Queen Street in Colyton. The buildings date from the late 18th century, with an early to mid-19th century wing for Thame House. They are finished in stucco and feature rusticated quoins, a stringcourse, a modillion eaves cornice, and a slate roof with gabled ends.

Oroolong House is two storeys high and has four bays. It includes sash windows with glazing bars, with two-light sashes on the left and right. The wide central porch is supported by Tuscan columns and features an entablature, a reeded round arched doorway with panelled reveals, a semi-circular fanlight, and a panelled door.

Thame House, the early to mid-19th century wing, projects from the right side, creating an L-shaped plan. It is also two storeys tall and has tripartite sashes along with single light sashes and a doorway facing the road. There is a 19th-century addition at the rear.

Local climate

Oroolong House Thame House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 — 1 transaction since 2017
  • 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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