Norgetts Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Norgetts Thatch
- WRENN ID
- moated-ashlar-swallow
- 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
- Norgetts Thatch, 25, High Street, Melbourn, SG8 6HS
- OS grid reference
- TL 385 449
- Coordinates
- 52.08584, 0.02087
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Norgetts Thatch is a cottage dating from the late 18th century. It features a timber frame, roughcast render, and a long straw thatched gabled roof, with 19th-century grey brick stacks at the ridge and end. The building has a three-bay plan, with the original entrance now blocked at the end of the central bay. It is one storey with an attic and includes two dormers. The 19th-century windows consist of four openings, including two sixteen-pane flung sashes, while the doorway has been relocated to the rear. There are also 19th-century additions at the back of the cottage. Inside, the cottage has slender softwood framing and a small inglenook fireplace. In 1842, the cottage was occupied by Henry Chappell and was described as tenements and garden.
Local climate
Norgetts 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 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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