The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1949. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- eternal-fireplace-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Epping Forest MP: Dr Neil Hudson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1949
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatched Cottage, Bury Lane, CM16 5JA
- OS grid reference
- TL 450 023
- Coordinates
- 51.70143, 0.09822
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatched Cottage is a 19th-century building located on Bury Lane. It has a central part that is two storeys high and features a canted bay. The windows are lancet-shaped and have diamond leaded panes, with a door positioned in the centre. The cottage has a thatched roof and one-storey lean-to wings on either side. The exterior is finished with combed plaster.
Local climate
The Thatched Cottage 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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