Meadow Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Cottage.
Meadow Thatch
- WRENN ID
- bitter-tracery-thrush
- 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
- Meadow Thatch, 28, High Street, Shepreth
- OS grid reference
- TL 392 476
- Coordinates
- 52.10985, 0.0327
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Meadow Thatch is a cottage dating from around 1700, with a 20th-century extension at the west end. It features a timber frame that is rendered and has a half-hipped roof covered with long straw thatch, which includes a ridge stack. The roof at the west end was rebuilt in the 20th century and has a lower ridge. The cottage has a three-bay plan, with a narrower bay at the rear of the stack, and is one storey with an attic. There are two dormers and a doorway located in the centre bay. The cottage has two windows, one of which is possibly original and is a three-light iron casement with the central light opening and retaining its original spring catch. Additionally, there is a nine-pane hung sash window on the gable end. Inside, some framing is exposed, and there is an inglework made of red brick.
Local climate
Meadow 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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