Thatches is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. A C17 Cottage.

Thatches

WRENN ID
tall-steel-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1980
Type
Cottage
Address
Thatches, the Village, Arkesden
OS grid reference
TL 484 343
Coordinates
51.98781, 0.16042
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Thatches is a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered cottage that has been converted into a single tenement. It was renovated in the 20th century and features one storey with attics. The building has small casement windows and a thatched roof, which includes five dormers: one central and two at each end. There are also two chimney stacks.

Local climate

Thatches 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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