The Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. A C18 Cottage.
The Thatch
- WRENN ID
- tired-render-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatch, 5, Main Street, Cottesmore
- OS grid reference
- SK 900 134
- Coordinates
- 52.71083, -0.66865
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatch is a cottage dating from the 18th century, constructed of coursed rubble stone with a thatched roof and brick end stacks. The building has 1½ storeys and features five dormer windows, mostly with 3/3 sash designs. The front elevation includes, from left to right, a 3/3 sash window, a six-panelled door with glazed top panels, another 3/3 sash window, and a 20th-century window. On the left end, there are two 1/1 sash windows above a two-light casement. The road-facing side has two additional sash windows and a one-light casement. The entrance is located at the rear.
Local climate
The Thatch sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
- No related consent applications matched
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings