Thatch Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1987. A C18 House. 1 related planning application.
Thatch Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-entrance-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Thatch Cottage, Cranfield, MK43 0AX
- OS grid reference
- SP 963 447
- Coordinates
- 52.09313, -0.59484
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thatch Cottage is an 18th-century house that has been extended in the 20th century. It features colourwashed roughcast render, with the original part likely containing a timber-framed structure. The cottage has a thatched roof that is half-hipped towards the road. The original section has a two-room plan and consists of one storey with attics. The 20th-century extension is also one storey with attics and is positioned at a right angle to the east end of the original building. The cottage includes a variety of small casement windows, most of which have glazing bars. The entrance is located to the northeast at the junction with the 20th-century block, and it is accessed through a hipped open porch. A red brick double ridge stack is present on the roof.
Local climate
Thatch 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 91% 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 56% 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 — 3 transactions since 1999
- 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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