Elson House and Home Lea is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. A C19 Residential. 4 related planning applications.
Elson House and Home Lea
- WRENN ID
- gilded-balcony-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1983
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Elson House and Home Lea, Chard Street, Axminster, EX13 5DZ
- OS grid reference
- SY 297 986
- Coordinates
- 50.78287, -2.99728
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Elson House and Home Lea is an early 19th-century pair of houses made of red brick, located on Chard Street in Axminster. The houses feature a slate roof with gabled ends and a stone basement. They are two storeys high and have a four-window range. The windows are sashes with glazing bars, set beneath flat brick arches that include keystones. There are two doorcases, each adorned with reeded architraves, entablatures, and panelled doors. The buildings also have brick ridge chimney stacks. This listing is included for its group value.
Local climate
Elson House and Home Lea receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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