Drake's Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1986. Cottage. 6 related planning applications.
Drake's Thatch
- WRENN ID
- tilted-granite-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 April 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Drake's Thatch, Castle Lane, Woodbury
- OS grid reference
- SY 011 872
- Coordinates
- 50.67674, -3.40011
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Drake's Thatch is a cottage that is part of a row, possibly dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of roughcast cob on stone footings and features a thatched roof. The building has a single depth, two-room plan with end stacks and brick shafts, and it stands two storeys high.
The front of the cottage has an asymmetrical arrangement of three windows. The middle window on the first floor is blocked, while the other two are 19th-century two-light casements. On the ground floor, there are three two-light windows, and near the center, there is a 20th-century weatherboarded open porch.
Local climate
Drake's Thatch receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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