Long House at the Norman Lockyer Observatory is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Administration block. 2 related planning applications.
Long House at the Norman Lockyer Observatory
- WRENN ID
- shifting-entrance-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- Administration block
- Address
- Long House at the Norman Lockyer Observatory, Salcombe Hill, Sidmouth, EX10 0NY
- OS grid reference
- SY 138 882
- Coordinates
- 50.68778, -3.22104
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a single-storey administration block, built in 1912, that served as offices and a laboratory within the Norman Lockyer Observatory. The building has seven bays and is constructed of concrete block with a facing of flint rubble. It features a hipped roof covered with asbestos, and the windows are mullion and transom style. A boarded door provides access. The block was founded by Sir Norman Lockyer for astronomical observations, investigations, and the promotion of astronomical study and related fields.
Local climate
Long House at the Norman Lockyer Observatory receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% 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 2003
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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