Long Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Long Thatch
- WRENN ID
- lone-doorway-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Long Thatch, Wantage Road, Great Shefford, RG17 7DB
- OS grid reference
- SU 387 753
- Coordinates
- 51.47598, -1.44399
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Long Thatch is a cottage dating from the 17th or 18th century. It features painted render and a thatched roof, with a modern slated outshut at the rear and a half-hipped design. The building has two ridge chimneys and is one and a half storeys tall. On the ground floor, there are irregular casements and a door located to the left of the centre. The first floor has four timber casements with thatch swept around them.
Local climate
Long 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 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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