The Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1983. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

The Thatch

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 June 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
The Thatch, Lower Road, Little Hallingbury, CM22 7RA
OS grid reference
TL 504 171
Coordinates
51.83242, 0.18167
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Thatch is a cottage dating from the late 16th century, featuring one and a half storeys. It has a thatched roof adorned with three eyebrow dormers. The structure is timber-framed and plastered, showcasing stop-chamfered beams and arched wall braces. There are two ranges of 20th-century leaded casement windows. A red brick chimney stack from the 16th century includes original back-to-back fireplaces, while there is an additional 18th-century stack to the right. A 20th-century thatched porch has been added, and the frame is exposed internally.

Local climate

The Thatch sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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 0.3°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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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