The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1980. House. 9 related planning applications.
The Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- watchful-bailey-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Thatched Cottage, 72, High Street, Syston, LE7 1GQ
- OS grid reference
- SK 623 118
- Coordinates
- 52.70053, -1.07815
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatched Cottage is a house dating from the late 16th or early 17th century, situated on High Street in Syston. The building has a timber frame with rough cast rendering visible on the wall plate and two vertical studs above the entrance. It sits on a plinth and is topped with a thatched roof. The house is arranged over 1 1/2 storeys and comprises four units in a baffle entry plan. The right-hand bay, distinguished by a higher plinth, contains a single, small window. A three-light casement window is located to the right of the doorway, with an angle in the wall at this point. Two further casement windows, of two and three lights respectively, are situated to the left of the door, which is sheltered by a gabled porch. Three eyebrow dormers each contain a two-light casement window. Large axial stacks are positioned behind the entrance. The gables are brick-coped.
Local climate
The Thatched Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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