The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1980. Cottage.

The Thatched Cottage

WRENN ID
leaning-panel-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stafford
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent South MP: Dr Allison Gardner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 April 1980
Type
Cottage
Address
The Thatched Cottage, Swynnerton
OS grid reference
SJ 851 356
Coordinates
52.91827, -2.22187
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Thatched Cottage is a building that likely dates from the 17th century. It is constructed from stone and brick and has two storeys. The cottage features three casement windows and a thatched roof, which includes two small windows with 'eye-brows' at the eaves.

Local climate

The Thatched Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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