Crooked Chimney is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. House.

Crooked Chimney

WRENN ID
unlit-beam-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1984
Type
House
Address
Crooked Chimney, Chardstock
OS grid reference
ST 297 050
Coordinates
50.84072, -2.99854
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Crooked Chimney is a cottage dating from the 17th or 18th century, constructed from white-washed stone rubble. It features a thatched roof with gabled ends and stands two storeys tall. The cottage has a two-window range, with three-light casements that include glazing bars. The central entrance is a panelled and glazed door, topped with a thatched hood. To the left, there is a gabled wing that has a rendered end wall and modern casements. Brick chimney stacks are located over the gable ends.

Local climate

Crooked Chimney 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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