The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1986. Cottage.

The Thatched Cottage

WRENN ID
lunar-brass-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Test Valley
Constituency
Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 April 1986
Type
Cottage
Address
The Thatched Cottage, Hill View Road, Michelmersh and Timsbury
OS grid reference
SU 342 258
Coordinates
51.03063, -1.51281
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Thatched Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that was encased and extended in the 18th century. It features a timber frame with brick infill and a brick header bond refronting, topped with a thatched roof. The cottage is 1½ stories tall and has two bays, with 18th-century hip bays at each end. The front of the cottage has a plank door with a solid segmental head frame located to the left of the left bay. Each bay contains a 2-light segmental head casement, while the right hip bay has a plank door with a light above it. Above each bay, there are 2-light casements set in eyebrow dormers. The roof slopes down at both ends and has stacks at the left end of the ridge.

Local climate

The Thatched Cottage receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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