Caynton House is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1973. House. 2 related planning applications.

Caynton House

WRENN ID
tired-pediment-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 1973
Type
House
Address
Caynton House, Mill Street, Great Torrington, EX38 8AL
OS grid reference
SS 492 189
Coordinates
50.95035, -4.14699
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Caynton House is a late 18th century or early 19th century, two-storey stucco house located on Mill Street, with its south front overlooking a valley. The building features a hipped slate roof and a dentil cornice. The north front includes a Tuscan doorcase and one sash window, while the south front has four windows. The house is set within a garden.

Local climate

Caynton House receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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