Little Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. House. 5 related planning applications.
Little Thatch
- WRENN ID
- north-plinth-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Little Thatch, Anstey, SG9 0BL
- OS grid reference
- TL 407 333
- Coordinates
- 51.98039, 0.04773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Thatch is a house that dates from the 17th century or possibly earlier. It features a brick section in the southern jamb of the fireplace that is inscribed with "ID1677," which may indicate the date of the chimney. The house has a timber frame set on a stuccoed plinth, with roughcast walls and a steep half-hipped thatched roof that includes two eyebrow dormers at the eaves. It is one and a half storeys tall and has a three-cell internal chimney plan. The entrance is located on the south side, accessed by steps a third of the way from the west end. There are two three-light flush casement windows with lattice leaded glazing and a plank door. A 20th-century extension is linked at the northeast but is not of special interest. Inside, the house has axial beams and two service rooms at the west end. Originally, only the hall was heated, but a late flue has been added for the parlour fireplace.
Local climate
Little 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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