The Thatch Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1968. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Thatch Cottage
- WRENN ID
- other-terrace-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1968
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatch Cottage, Clungunford, SY7 0PY
- OS grid reference
- SO 392 775
- Coordinates
- 52.39278, -2.89397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatch Cottage is a 17th-century cottage located in Clungunford. It is timber framed and has a thatched roof with a scalloped ridge and an external end stack with a brick shaft. The cottage is one storey and attic, with two square panels visible to the eaves. It has two bays with casement windows, and the thatch is arched over the attic dormers. The roof structure contains queen strut trusses with v-struts above the collar. A small extension to the left incorporates the present entrance.
Local climate
The Thatch Cottage receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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 — 2 transactions since 2011
- 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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