Oakdene is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
Oakdene
- WRENN ID
- hollow-plaster-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Oakdene, Church Lane, Broad Clyst, EX5 3ET
- OS grid reference
- SX 982 971
- Coordinates
- 50.76523, -3.44416
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oakdene is a house that dates back to the 17th century or earlier. It is constructed of cob on a stone plinth and has a rendered finish, topped with a thatched roof that has a gabled end on the left and is half-hipped on the right. The original layout features a three-room cross passage plan, with a two-storey porch and later extensions added to both the left and right sides.
The house stands two storeys tall, with the left-hand extension having a slate roof and being single-storeyed. The original structure has a five-window range on the front, with the second bay occupied by the porch. The ground floor, which was once a shop, features early 20th-century display windows and a side entrance, along with a two-light timber casement window above. The attic slightly jetties out, and the porch is thatched.
To the left side of the house, there is a three-light window on the ground floor and a two-light window on the first floor, both with 19th-century timber casements. On the right side, there are two two-light timber casements on each floor, also from the 19th century. The right-hand extension is recessed, possibly due to road widening, and has one two-light window at ground floor level. The right end of this extension is canted and features a two-light casement window above an oriel window with three lights, each containing eight leaded panes, all supported on brackets.
At the rear, there are two doors and two two-light timber casement windows, each with two leaded panes. A 20th-century lean-to is also present. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Oakdene receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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