Buckhurst is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1988. Cottage.
Buckhurst
- WRENN ID
- kindled-brass-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Buckhurst, Plymtree
- OS grid reference
- ST 057 031
- Coordinates
- 50.82053, -3.33975
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Buckhurst is a cottage dating from the mid to late 17th century. It is constructed of plastered cob on stone rubble footings, with a stone rubble or cob stack topped with 20th-century brick, and features a thatched roof. The cottage has a small two-room layout facing south, with an axial stack located between the rooms that serves the right (east) room.
The exterior presents an irregular two-window front. The right side windows are late 19th to early 20th-century casements with glazing bars, which are larger than the others, with the first-floor window being a half dormer. The ground floor left window is a late 17th-century oak flat-faced mullion window, while the first-floor window is contemporary, possibly slightly earlier, with a chamfered mullion. Both of these windows contain rectangular panes of leaded glass, and the original iron casement of the ground floor window features an ornate catch. The front doorway is located at the left end and includes a 20th-century plank door beneath a contemporary hood supported by curving brackets. The roof is half-hipped at both ends.
The interior was not available for inspection during the survey, but it is suspected to contain original 17th-century carpentry details.
Local climate
Buckhurst receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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