The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lesser-rubblework-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Thatched Cottage, High Street, Pavenham, MK43 7NU
- OS grid reference
- SP 986 554
- Coordinates
- 52.18858, -0.55775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatched Cottage is a 17th century house located on the south side of Pavenham High Street. It features coursed limestone rubble construction with a thatched roof, and the eastern end of the roof is hipped. The building has one storey and attics, with the entrance front facing south, away from the road. There are two attic casements, with the thatch cut out above them; the left-hand casement has leaded lights. On the ground floor, the left side has two 3-light leaded casements, while the right side has been significantly altered with a lean-to conservatory.
Local climate
The Thatched Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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 — 2 transactions since 1998
- 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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