The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1989. Cottage.
The Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- keen-railing-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1989
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatched Cottage, Main Street, Laughton
- OS grid reference
- SP 659 890
- Coordinates
- 52.49536, -1.03051
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatch Cottage is a cottage that was formerly a pair of cottages, dating from the late 17th century, with 19th and 20th-century alterations. It features rendered timber-framing and brick, topped with a thatched roof and a brick gable stack. The building has a partially chamfered brick plinth and is a single storey with an attic.
The east front has three bays, with a central three-light casement window that has a cambered arch over the two left-hand lights. To the left of this window is another similar window, followed by a small plain sash window with a wooden lintel. To the right, there is a fixed light window with a two-light casement beyond it. Above these, there are two eyebrow dormers; the left dormer contains a three-light sliding sash window, while the right dormer has a 20th-century two-light casement window. Inside, the cottage features exposed main beams with run-out stops and joists.
Local climate
The Thatched Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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