Long Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1967. Cottage.
Long Thatch
- WRENN ID
- ancient-tracery-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1967
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Long Thatch, Church Lane, Balsham
- OS grid reference
- TL 586 508
- Coordinates
- 52.13317, 0.31658
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Long Thatch is a cottage with origins in the 16th century, with additions from the 17th and 19th centuries. It features a timber frame, rendered exterior, and a long straw thatch roof, complete with a ridge and end stack. The building has a lobby entry plan and consists of one storey and an attic. There are three dormers and three wooden casement windows on the ground floor, along with a doorway leading to the lobby entry. A bay was added to the east end in the 19th century, which is also framed, rendered, and topped with long straw thatch. Inside, the 16th-century framing is exposed in the rear wall of the central bay, although some of it has been reset, showcasing heavy close-set studding.
Local climate
Long Thatch 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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