Thornford Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. Cottage.

Thornford Cottage

WRENN ID
strange-finial-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
Thornford Cottage, Thornford Road, Thatcham
OS grid reference
SU 518 639
Coordinates
51.37255, -1.2568
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Thornford Cottage is a cottage that was originally part of a pair. It features a plastered timber frame, with the gable ends exposed. The roof is half hipped and thatched, with a central ridge stack and an end stack on the right side. There are three eyebrow semi-dormers. The cottage is designed with a lobby entrance and has one and a half storeys. The front has an irregular arrangement of five windows, all of which are casements. There are two doors located to the right and to the right of centre; the former was glazed and the latter is boarded. Above the left doorway, there is a fire insurance plaque.

Local climate

Thornford 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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