Thatches is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. A C18 Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Thatches
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-span-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Thatches, 38, Croft Lane, SG6 1AP
- OS grid reference
- TL 227 341
- Coordinates
- 51.99234, -0.21388
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thatches is a cottage located on Croft Lane, likely dating from the 18th century. It has one and a half storeys and two bays, with modern alterations and additions at the rear. The cottage features four windows and a thatched roof made of Norfolk reed, which has a decorated ridge and a heightened brick ridge stack. The structure is timber-framed with a plastered front. It includes one and two light windows, some of which are original and have mullions and iron casements, along with leaded drain and glazing. The entrance has a modern panelled door with a bracketed hood.
Local climate
Thatches sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 1 transaction since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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