Sparrow Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the East Hampshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Sparrow Thatch
- WRENN ID
- eternal-thatch-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hampshire
- Constituency
- East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Sparrow Thatch, Church Street, Ropley, SO24 0DR
- OS grid reference
- SU 646 319
- Coordinates
- 51.08307, -1.07805
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sparrow Thatch is a cottage dating to the 17th century, with 20th-century restoration work. The walls are brick, with the east side rebuilt in the 20th century. It has a thatched roof, hipped to the west end and with a low eaves line projecting outwards, along with eyebrow dormers. The building originally had a timber frame, later re-clad. The south front is one storey high with an attic, featuring four windows on the ground floor and five windows above, all with casement windows. A boarded door is set within a plain frame.
Local climate
Sparrow Thatch receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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 — 2 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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