The Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1987. Cottage.
The Thatch
- WRENN ID
- roaming-window-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tendring
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 March 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatch, Colchester Road, Elmstead
- OS grid reference
- TM 061 245
- Coordinates
- 51.88118, 0.99333
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatch is a cottage dating from the early 17th century, with later additions and alterations. It is timber framed and faced with 19th-century red brick, topped with a thatched roof. The building has red brick chimney stacks on both the right and left sides and is one storey high with attics. It features two eyebrow dormers and two vertically sliding sash windows with glazing bars. The central entrance has a 20th-century plank and muntin door. Inside, notable features include chamfered bridging joists, vertically boarded doors with ironmongery, and a restored inglenook fireplace. A deed dated 1633 is in the owner's possession.
Local climate
The 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
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