The Old Bakery is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1951. House.
The Old Bakery
- WRENN ID
- over-pewter-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Bakery, Broadhembury
- OS grid reference
- ST 100 047
- Coordinates
- 50.83564, -3.27861
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Bakery is a house that was formerly two cottages, likely built in the 19th century. It is constructed of creamwashed stone rubble and features a thatched roof with a plain ridge and half-hipped ends, along with an axial stack. The building has a single depth range with an outshut and a central entrance, originally designed as a pair of purpose-built cottages with porches on both sides.
The exterior is two storeys high and presents a symmetrical front with four windows. The windows are regularly spaced, featuring a 20th-century shallow gabled central porch with a 20th-century door. The outer bays include two-light casement windows with glazing bars and trefoil-headed lights beneath square-headed lintels, while the remaining windows are three-light casements with high transoms.
Although the interior has not been inspected, the house is located in the centre of a remarkable estate village. The choice to creamwash the exterior helps it blend with the earlier creamwashed cob and thatch houses in the area.
Local climate
The Old Bakery receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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