Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 July 1981. Cottage.
Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- vacant-gallery-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tendring
- Constituency
- Clacton MP: Nigel Farage (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 July 1981
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Thatched Cottage, Wix Cross
- OS grid reference
- TM 162 283
- Coordinates
- 51.91205, 1.14344
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thatched Cottage is a cottage with origins dating back to the 14th century, featuring additions and alterations from the 16th, 17th, and 20th centuries. It is constructed with a timber frame and plaster, showcasing both exposed and applied timber. The cottage has a thatched roof with two levels, with the lower range from the 14th century located to the right. There are chimney stacks on each range. The building has one storey and attics, with a dormer window on each range. The front has a four-window range of 20th-century casements. Inside, parts of the original and 17th-century frames are exposed, and there is an inserted ceiling in the original section.
Local climate
Thatched Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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