The Thatched House is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1984. Cottage.
The Thatched House
- WRENN ID
- scarred-nave-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatched House, the Street, Kirtling
- OS grid reference
- TL 687 566
- Coordinates
- 52.18205, 0.46621
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatched House is a cottage dating from the 16th century, with extensions added in the late 17th century to the north-west and modern alterations to the north-east. It features a timber frame with plaster, thatched and red pantile roofs, and has one red brick chimney stack. The building is one storey with an attic and follows an original three-unit plan. There are three casement dormer windows, four ground floor casement windows, and a boarded door. Inside, the cottage retains a complete and substantial timber frame, with floor joists laid flat and some original painted decoration. It also has a large inglenook hearth with niches and a side purlin roof.
Local climate
The Thatched House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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