The Thatched House is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1977. Cottage.
The Thatched House
- WRENN ID
- idle-roof-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1977
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatched House, 82, High Street, Melbourn
- OS grid reference
- TL 380 444
- Coordinates
- 52.08082, 0.01384
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatched House is a cottage that was formerly two dwellings, built during two different periods in the 17th or 18th century. It features a timber frame that is rendered and has long straw thatch with two different ridge heights. The left end of the building is half hipped, and there are two ridge stacks made of grey brick. The northern end of the cottage consists of two bays and is one storey with an attic, including two dormers and two casement windows. The left-hand cottage is two storeys tall and has two similar mid-20th century casement windows, one of which is located on the right side and includes some medieval stained glass that has been reset. There are also two doorways from the same period and a small modern bay shop window.
Local climate
The Thatched House 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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