Old Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1986. A C16 House. 3 related planning applications.
Old Thatch
- WRENN ID
- moated-cupola-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Thatch, 9, Station Road, Tring Rural, HP23 4QS
- OS grid reference
- SP 896 157
- Coordinates
- 51.83273, -0.70006
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Thatch is a house dating from the 16th century, with alterations made in the 17th century. It is timber-framed with painted brick infill – some of the brickwork is in a herringbone pattern – and has a steep thatched roof. The house is set back from the road and faces north, with two equal bays. It features a large external chimney on the west gable and a smaller internal chimney on the east gable. There are two windows on the front facade, with a plank door leading into the left-hand room. The windows are 3-light flush casements, and the door is of plank construction. The exposed timber frame reveals jowled posts, a mid-height rail, widely-spaced studs, thin straight tension braces, and a clasped-purlin roof with collars. Two recessed dormers are visible at the eaves. The front windows have been cut through the mid-height rail, suggesting that a floor was inserted into what was originally a single-storey house.
Local climate
Old Thatch sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- 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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