Thatchers is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Thatchers

WRENN ID
eastward-garret-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1975
Type
Cottage
Address
Thatchers, the Village, Great Waltham, CM3 1DE
OS grid reference
TL 695 133
Coordinates
51.79345, 0.45714
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Thatchers is an 18th century timber-framed and plastered cottage located at right angles to the road in Great Waltham. It features a later weatherboarded addition at the south end and is a single storey building. The cottage has casement windows and a thatched roof that is half hipped at the north end. This building is part of a group of listed buildings in the village, which includes Dweina and No 1, Elm Cot, Lime Tree Cottage, and Almshouses, all of which are considered buildings of local interest.

Local climate

Thatchers sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 4 transactions since 1995
  • 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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