Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 1989. Cottage.
Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- fallow-corridor-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 February 1989
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Thatched Cottage, Bonnington
- OS grid reference
- TR 051 358
- Coordinates
- 51.08561, 0.92741
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cottage is likely 18th century in origin, with later 19th and 20th century additions and alterations. It is constructed of painted Flemish bond brick and weatheboarded end gables, with a straw thatch half-hipped roof. A brick axial stack is positioned to the right of the centre, featuring a later brick shaft and incorporating a large fireplace with an oven in the larger left-hand room, originally used for heating. The smaller right-hand room was initially unheated but now contains a 20th century range connected to the rear of the axial stack, as well as a staircase also against the stack. A doorway at the front provides direct access to the left-hand room, although this may not be the original entry point. A small outhut was added around the late 19th century, and further 20th century single-storey additions extend from the entrance and the rear of the original range.
The cottage is a single storey with an attic. The front elevation is asymmetrical, featuring two small windows: a 20th century single-light casement with glazing bars to the right, and a 19th century 2-light casement without glazing bars to the left of centre. A circa late 19th or early 20th century plank door is located at the left end of the front. Two symmetrically placed dormers with 20th century 2-light casements with glazing bars are set into the thatch. A 20th century single-storey brick extension, with a hipped plain tile roof, is linked to the original cottage by a circa late 19th century lean-to. The rear elevation includes a 19th century 3-light casement and a 20th century flat-roof extension. A 20th century 3-light casement is found in the left-hand end wall, on both floors.
The main left-hand room features an unchamfered or thinly chamfered cross beam and roughly dressed exposed rafters. The large fireplace within the axial stack has a thinly chamfered timber lintel. The small right-hand room has exposed rafters and a 20th century Aga range against the axial stack. The first floor and roof space were not inspected.
Local climate
Thatched Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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