The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1983. Cottage.
The Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- small-bailey-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatched Cottage, Tilty
- OS grid reference
- TL 595 263
- Coordinates
- 51.91305, 0.31861
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatched Cottage is a 17th-century cottage located in Tilty. It is timber framed and plastered, topped with a thatched roof, and has one storey with attics. The cottage features 20th-century easement windows and dormer windows with semi-circular heads, as well as 20th-century extensions on the north side. Inside, the original frame is largely intact, showcasing through wall bracing, stop-chamfered bridging joists, and halved and bladed plate scarfs. The original central red brick chimney stack has been rebuilt at the top.
Local climate
The Thatched Cottage 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 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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