Red Thorn is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1976. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Red Thorn
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1976
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Red Thorn, Red Ditch Lane, Redmarley D'Abitot, GL19 3HT
- OS grid reference
- SO 752 309
- Coordinates
- 51.97683, -2.36131
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Red Thorn is a cottage that likely dates back to the 17th century, with later extensions. It features timber framing with brick-nogged or rendered panels and a thatched roof, while one extension has weatherboarding and a tiled roof. The cottage consists of two bays and is one room deep, standing at one and a half storeys high, with a lean-to extension on one side and a gabled end.
The entrance front facing the garden has had its ground floor framing renewed in brick between the corner posts. On the left, there is a two-light casement window, and on the right, a boarded door. The end of the lean-to on the right displays two-panel light framing. Weatherboarding is present on the tie beam of the gable, with a two-light casement window and weatherboarding over the collar.
The left return features a large lateral brick chimney with tiled offsets, and the thatched roof has been cut back to accommodate it. The right return has a low, two-panel high wall with a four-pane window on the left and a metal casement window on the right. Set back on the right is a two-light casement and a boarded door in the weatherboarded extension. The right gable has a single-pane window at the end of the lean-to extension, which is adjacent to a half single-storey gable of the weatherboarded extension. Above the ridge of the original house's gable, there is another two-light casement window, with weatherboarding over on the collar. Inside, the main beam has a chamfer, and the ceiling joists are exposed in the room at the garden end.
Local climate
Red Thorn receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 2006
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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