The Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. House.
The Thatch
- WRENN ID
- turning-cloister-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Thatch, Wood End, Widdington
- OS grid reference
- TL 538 310
- Coordinates
- 51.95648, 0.23708
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatch is a timber-framed and plastered building dating from the 17th to 18th century. It has been renovated and features a modern block added to the east at the south end. The building is one storey high with attics and has modern casement windows. The roof is thatched and half hipped at both the north and south ends, with one dormer on the west side and two dormers on the east side. A central chimney stack is also present.
Local climate
The Thatch sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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 0.4°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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