Dittisham Thornwell

Dittisham Thornwell is a house and shop premises built in the late 19th century, specifically said to have been constructed in 1876. The building is made of stone rubble, primarily local limestone, and features redbrick window arches. It has a slate roof with overhanging eaves, exposed rafter ends, and gable ends adorned with scalloped barge boards that include pierced trefoils. The front and rear wings each have two small gables with similar bargeboards. Rendered stacks are located at the gable ends, with the left stack having a turned clay pot and the right stack featuring a lowered pot.

The overall plan of the building is L-shaped, with the front block positioned at right angles to the road. This front section has a double-depth layout, containing two principal front rooms, a central entrance, and likely smaller rooms at the back. The left side of the house includes a wing that faces the road and contains a small shop on the ground floor with a central entrance.

The exterior is two storeys high. The northwest front has a symmetrical two-window elevation featuring original 9-pane sash windows (three over six panes) set in openings with segmental brick arches. The first floor has small gables above the windows, each with shaped and pierced bargeboards. The central doorway also has a similar arch and is fitted with a late 20th-century glazed door. The corners of the front are splayed. The left return of the building, which is the rear wing facing the road, has a small early 20th-century 8-pane shop window to the right in an earlier opening with a timber lintel, a circa early 20th-century fixed-light 9-pane window to the left, and a 20th-century glazed door between them. On the first floor, there are two late 19th-century 2-light casements with glazing bars, each with small gables above that have shaped and pierced bargeboards.

Inside the shop, there is a single early 20th-century interior featuring a panelled front counter and walls lined with shelves. The interior of the house was not inspected.