Thornbury and Little Thornbury is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1986. Dwelling. 3 related planning applications.
Thornbury and Little Thornbury
- WRENN ID
- leaning-chamber-willow
- 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
- Dwelling
- Address
- Thornbury and Little Thornbury, Strand, Lympstone, EX8 5JS
- OS grid reference
- SX 990 841
- Coordinates
- 50.64835, -3.42966
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two dwellings, dating to the late 16th century and remodelled in the mid-19th century. The front is built of random rubble with cob to the rear, all covered in roughcast. It has a gabled-end slate roof. Originally, the house was a 3-room, through-passage plan, with the service end likely to the left of the passage. A later range was added to the rear, creating an overall double-depth plan. There are two end stacks, with the one on the right now incorporated into a neighbouring property, and some evidence suggests an original axial stack backed onto the passage.
The front has a 5-window range. The first floor has three tripartite 4:12:4 pane, and two 12-pane, hornless sash windows. There are two entrances: one to the left, possibly to the former passage, with a wide doorway, panelled door, and open porch, and another to Little Thornbury. A tripartite French window is located on the left, a 8:16:8 pane hornless sash canted bay window is between the doorways, and a tripartite sash window, matching the first-floor window, is at the extreme right. The rear has five 12-pane hornless sash windows to the first floor, and three below; the remaining windows are 20th-century additions.
Inside Thornbury, there is an end fireplace with a side oven, while the rest of the joinery dates to the mid-19th century. The roof structure consists of six jointed crucks with conventionally morticed and pegged carpentry, a diagonal ridge-piece, trenched purlins, all in good condition.
Local climate
Thornbury and Little Thornbury 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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