The Hermitage is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1973. Villa. 2 related planning applications.
The Hermitage
- WRENN ID
- vast-remnant-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1973
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- The Hermitage, Vicarage Road, Sidmouth, EX10 8UF
- OS grid reference
- SY 126 879
- Coordinates
- 50.68499, -3.23759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hermitage is a 17th-century building located on Vicarage Road. It features a two-storey stucco front that is positioned at right angles to the road. The gable end has a slate roof, with bargeboards and eaves fascia that are cut in a trefoil pattern. The elevation is symmetrical, with two-storey flanking canted bays and a narrow central window, all fitted with Gothic sashes. Originally a farmhouse, it was refurbished as a villa in the early 19th century. The Hermitage, along with The Balsters and The Shrubbery, forms a group of buildings.
Local climate
The Hermitage 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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