Old Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Old Thatch
- WRENN ID
- dark-steeple-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old Thatch, Longstock, SO20 6DR
- OS grid reference
- SU 359 371
- Coordinates
- 51.1326, -1.48731
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cottage dating to the 16th century, with an addition from the 18th century. It is timber-framed with plaster and brick infill, mostly rendered, and has a thatched roof. The cottage is two storeys high and has two bays, with a projecting bay to the right. It stands on a high ground plinth. The windows are 3-light casements, with smaller casements on the first floor and a single-light casement high in the left corner. There is a 2-light casement in the projecting bay. The roof is half-hipped on the left and swept down to the right, with a stack at the end of the right bay and a stack at the front of the roof in the left corner.
Local climate
Old 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 greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 2007
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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