The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. Cottage.

The Thatched Cottage

WRENN ID
sheer-step-sunrise
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rother
Constituency
Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 May 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
The Thatched Cottage, Brede Road, Beckley
OS grid reference
TQ 839 233
Coordinates
50.98004, 0.61867
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Thatched Cottage is a building that dates back to the 17th century or earlier. Originally, it was two separate cottages. It stands two storeys high and features three windows. The exterior is finished in stucco, and it has a thatched roof with two hips. The windows are of the casement type.

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 greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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