The Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. A C17-C18 House. 3 related planning applications.
The Thatch
- WRENN ID
- noble-brass-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Thatch, Mill Lane, Polstead, CO6 5AB
- OS grid reference
- TL 986 375
- Coordinates
- 52.00066, 0.89209
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatch is a 17th- to 18th-century timber-framed and plastered building with a thatched roof. It is two storeys high. The ground storey has been faced in brick, which is whitewashed. It has two small casement windows. There is an end chimney stack on the east end.
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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 2 transactions since 2006
- 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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