Numbers 6 and 7 Thorne's Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1986. Pair of cottages. 1 related planning application.

Numbers 6 and 7 Thorne's Cottages

WRENN ID
calm-porch-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 April 1986
Type
Pair of cottages
Address
Numbers 6 and 7 Thorne's Cottages, Greenway, Woodbury, EX5 1FA
OS grid reference
SY 010 871
Coordinates
50.67549, -3.40153
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 6 and 7 Thorne's Cottages are a pair of cottages dating from the 18th century, with some alterations made in the 19th century. They are constructed of roughcast cob with a brick wall at the right end and feature a gabled end roof originally thatched but now covered with corrugated iron. The cottages have a double depth plan, with one being a single room in width and the other two rooms wide. They are two storeys tall and have one axial stack and two end stacks with brick shafts.

The front of the cottages has a symmetrical arrangement of three windows. All windows except for the ground floor left-hand window are 16-pane hornless sash windows; the left-hand window has a 12-pane sash. The ground floor windows are positioned directly below those on the first floor, with two front doors located between them. The right-hand end features casement windows, while the left-hand end has only a small attic window.

The rear of the cottages has irregular window placement, which was altered in the 20th century, but there remains one 12-pane hornless sash window on the first floor. The interior has not been inspected, but the current occupant reports that there are no exposed ceiling beams, though there is a well-constructed pegged roof with five trusses.

Local climate

Numbers 6 and 7 Thorne's Cottages 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 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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