Old Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1986. Cottage.
Old Thatch
- WRENN ID
- late-groin-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old Thatch, Church Lane, Castle Camps
- OS grid reference
- TL 629 431
- Coordinates
- 52.06296, 0.37629
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Thatch is a pair of cottages that have been combined into one dwelling. They date from the 18th to 19th century and are constructed with a timber frame, rendered exterior, and a reed thatch roof featuring a shared ridge stack. The building has three gabled dormers and four casement windows on the ground floor, along with a doorway located in the central bay.
Local climate
Old Thatch sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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