Little Thatches is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1984. Cottage.
Little Thatches
- WRENN ID
- late-bastion-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Little Thatches, the Street, Sheering
- OS grid reference
- TL 511 141
- Coordinates
- 51.80511, 0.19147
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Thatches is a cottage dating from the 18th century, which was extended in the 20th century. It features a timber-framed structure with plastered walls and a thatched roof. The building has two bays aligned approximately north to south, with stacks located at the south end and the rear north end of the east side. There is a lean-to extension at the north end of the west side. The cottage is a single storey with attics and has a half-hipped roof at both ends. The north elevation, which faces the street, has one 20th-century casement window on each floor. Inside, the framing is exposed, showcasing primary straight bracing and a clasped purlin roof. The entire building was raised on new foundations around 1970.
Local climate
Little Thatches 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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