White Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. A Post-medieval Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
White Cottage
- WRENN ID
- drifting-alcove-bittern
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lindsey
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- Post-medieval
- Address
- White Cottage, Main Street, Thimbleby, LN9 5RE
- OS grid reference
- TF 239 700
- Coordinates
- 53.21288, -0.14508
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
White Cottage is a cottage dating from the late 16th century, with an addition from the 18th century and alterations from the 20th century. It is constructed of mud and stud, partially underbuilt in brick, and is painted. The cottage features a half hipped thatched roof with a decorative ridge and a single axial brick stack. It has a baffle entry and was originally designed with a two-unit plan. The building is single storey with attics and has a four-bay front, with the right-hand end bay being an addition.
The entrance consists of an off-centre planked door, flanked by a single two-light 20th-century casement window, and to the right, there is a three-light casement. The roof includes two through-eaves dormers with thatched eyebrows. Inside, there is a central smoke bay that is notably complete, featuring two studs with a stopped and chamfered bressumer. The sloping side walls have mid rails and are constructed of mud and stud. The main girder is deeply chamfered with a triangular stop, and the wall studs rest on padstones. The stairs are positioned beside the smoke bay and taper up towards the stack.
Local climate
White Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 2022
- 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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