The Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Thatch
- WRENN ID
- lunar-floor-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley MP: Yuan Yang (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatch, Church Lane, Shinfield, RG7 1HB
- OS grid reference
- SU 718 680
- Coordinates
- 51.40656, -0.96804
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatch is a cottage dating from the late 16th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is timber framed with painted brick infill and features a thatched gabled roof. The building has a rectangular plan consisting of two framed bays and a tiled pent roof extension at the rear. It stands two storeys tall with an attic and has two chimneys.
The south front displays a scattered arrangement of fenestration, including two and three-light leaded casements set within the timber framing, along with two small two-light casement dormers in the thatch. There is a 20th-century entrance door in the center and a small single light window at mezzanine level on the left side. An old fire insurance plaque, numbered 427828, is mounted on the center post at first-floor level. Inside, many timbers are exposed, and there is an inglenook chimney on the east gable. The cottage was once known as Susanna Halliday's Cottage.
Local climate
The Thatch receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 2014
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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