Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1984. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Thatched Cottage

WRENN ID
small-moulding-barley
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
Thatched Cottage, Woodditton Road, Kirtling, CB8 9PG
OS grid reference
TL 682 559
Coordinates
52.17636, 0.4597
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Thatched Cottage is a cottage, originally a pair, dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is timber framed and plastered, topped with a thatched roof featuring a central red brick ridge stack. The building has one storey and an attic, with two casement dormer windows and four casement windows on the ground floor. There are also two doors. Inside, the cottage has inglenook hearths that are sealed.

Local climate

Thatched Cottage 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
  • 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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