The Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1984. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
The Thatch
- WRENN ID
- carved-transept-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatch, High Street, Horningsea, CB25 9JG
- OS grid reference
- TL 493 625
- Coordinates
- 52.24121, 0.18572
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatch is an early 19th-century cottage constructed with a gault brick casing over a timber frame. It features a long straw thatched roof and has a local brick ridge stack. The cottage is one storey with an attic and follows a two-unit plan. The south-facing elevation includes one recessed horizontal sliding sash window, with two doors positioned to the right and left. Additionally, there are two recessed horizontal sliding sash windows in the east gable.
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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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