Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1983. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Thatched Cottage, Collaroy Road, Cold Ash, RG18 9PG
- OS grid reference
- SU 516 696
- Coordinates
- 51.42345, -1.25912
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 17th-century cottage located on Collaroy Road, Cold Ash. The building is constructed of brick and timber framing, with brick nogging infilling the frame. It has a half-hipped thatched roof, with an end stack on the west side and one dormer window. The south front features one storey and an attic, with two bays and two windows, all of which are casement windows. A two-story addition from the 20th century projects to the right, and a door is situated in the left-hand return wall of the addition. The remains of a bread oven are located to the left.
Local climate
Thatched Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 3 transactions 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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