Thatch Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1974. Cottage.
Thatch Cottage
- WRENN ID
- burning-chalk-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1974
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Thatch Cottage, Shipton
- OS grid reference
- SO 563 916
- Coordinates
- 52.5206, -2.6454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thatch Cottage is a building that likely dates from the early 17th century. It features a timber frame and brick construction set on a stone base, topped with a thatched roof. The cottage has one storey plus an attic and includes one cruck gable. The windows are modern casements.
Local climate
Thatch Cottage receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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