The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1984. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
The Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- salt-truss-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatched Cottage, Sulham Lane, RG8 8DX
- OS grid reference
- SU 642 747
- Coordinates
- 51.46766, -1.07632
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cottage dating from the early and late 17th century. It is timber framed with brick nogging and has seen partial brick refacing. The west side has a thatched roof with a catslide extension added in the 20th century and an end stack. The east side retains an old tile roof with a large brick and flint stack. The cottage has four bays. On the south front, the upper floor has two two-light casement windows and two one-light casement windows. The ground floor features three two-light casement windows, with a three-light casement situated between the first and second windows from the right. A 20th-century boarded door is located between the first and second windows from the right.
Local climate
The Thatched Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2012
- 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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