Old Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
Old Thatch
- WRENN ID
- muted-plinth-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old Thatch, Crookham Common Road, Brimpton, Reading, RG7 4PT
- OS grid reference
- SU 548 643
- Coordinates
- 51.3753, -1.21382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Thatch is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with 19th-century additions and alterations. It features a timber frame that is rendered, and has a half hipped thatched roof. There are 19th-century octagonal stacks on both the left and right sides, along with three 19th-century gabled semi-dormers. The cottage is 1 and a half storeys high, with two framed bays on the right and planted timbers on a later addition to the left. The front has two windows with leaded lights and a 19th-century gabled porch on the left.
Local climate
Old Thatch receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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.
- 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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