Wheelwright Inn is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1967. Public house, restaurant. 6 related planning applications.
Wheelwright Inn
- WRENN ID
- pitched-finial-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1967
- Type
- Public house, restaurant
- Address
- Wheelwright Inn, Swan Hill Road, Colyford, EX24 6QQ
- OS grid reference
- SY 251 925
- Coordinates
- 50.72768, -3.06187
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wheelwright Inn is a cottage that has been converted into a public house and restaurant. It dates from the 17th or 18th century and is constructed of white-washed stone rubble with a hipped thatched roof. The building has two storeys and features a five-window range, with the central window on the first floor being blind. The windows are two and three light casements with leaded panes. There is a central doorway that is sheltered by a rustic porch, also with a thatched roof. A brick ridge chimney stack is located near the west end of the building.
Local climate
Wheelwright Inn receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% 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 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- 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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