The Old Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1967. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Old Thatch
- WRENN ID
- third-pier-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 1967
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Thatch, 42, Preston on Stour, CV37 8NG
- OS grid reference
- SP 203 500
- Coordinates
- 52.14846, -1.7044
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Thatch is a 17th-century cottage located in Preston on Stour. It features a timber-frame structure with brick infill set on a brick plinth, topped with a thatched roof and a brick end stack. The cottage has a two-unit plan and is a single storey with an attic. The exterior includes a two-window range, with a pair of 20th-century, two-light small-paned casement windows to the left of the center and a similar casement in the raking dormer above. The entrance, located on the right return, has a 20th-century porch, and there is a window above in a half-hipped gable. The left return is made of brick and has one small window. There is also a 20th-century rear addition. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Thatch receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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