The Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1981. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Thatch
- WRENN ID
- strange-shingle-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1981
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatch, Dock Lane, Horningsea, CB25 9JF
- OS grid reference
- TL 492 627
- Coordinates
- 52.24284, 0.18497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatch is a cottage, possibly dating to the early 16th century. It is timber framed and plastered, with local brick walls and a large chimney on the east side. The roof is pantiled with a lean-to section, and covered with reed thatch. The cottage is one storey high, with an attic, and originally consisted of two rooms with an open hall, likely extended to the east. It has one dormer casement window, two fixed light ground floor windows, and a boarded front door.
Inside, the original timber frame is exposed, with a clunch internal partition. The original floor remains in the room to the west, featuring flat-laid joists; a 19th-century floor was added to the hall. A large inglenook hearth, dating from the late 16th or early 17th century, is also present.
Local climate
The 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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