West Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Cottage. 6 related planning applications.
West Thatch
- WRENN ID
- old-pedestal-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- West Thatch, 48, West Green, Barrington, CB22 7SA
- OS grid reference
- TL 388 495
- Coordinates
- 52.12651, 0.02665
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Thatch is a cottage dating from around 1678, located on the northwest side of West Green in Barrington. The bay to the west has been enlarged at the rear in the 18th century. The structure is timber framed, with plaster rendering and a long straw thatch roof that is half-hipped. It features a square red brick ridge stack with two flues. The cottage has a three-bay and lobby entry plan, standing two storeys tall with an attic. There are three modern casement windows on both the first and ground floors, and the doorway is set within a modern porch.
At the west end, there is a lean-to timber frame enlargement with a raised roof. Inside, the cottage has abutting inglenook hearths, one of which is now blocked while the other has been rebuilt in brick but retains its original lintel, which has Hearth Tax receipts from approximately 1678 to 1682 affixed to it. The roof features side purlins and a narrower chimney bay, with jowled heads to the posts and downward bracing. In the late 17th century, the cottage was occupied by members of the Pryme family.
Local climate
West Thatch sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% 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, more than 50% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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