Old Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. A C17 Cottage, public house.
Old Thatch
- WRENN ID
- waiting-fireplace-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- Cottage, public house
- Address
- Old Thatch, Church Street, Great Shelford, CB22 5EL
- OS grid reference
- TL 458 518
- Coordinates
- 52.14582, 0.12972
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Thatch is a cottage that was formerly a public house, likely dating from the 17th century, but has been significantly restored and altered, mainly in the 20th century. The building is timber framed and rendered, with some weatherboarding on the gable end. It features a thatched roof made of reed, topped with an original red brick ridge stack, although some courses have been rebuilt. The cottage has a gable end facing the road and is one storey high with an attic, which includes one dormer. The windows are irregularly placed and all date from the 20th century, consisting of two four-light casements with leaded glass. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Old Thatch 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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