Top Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. House. 3 related planning applications.
Top Thatch
- WRENN ID
- shifting-chamber-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Top Thatch, B4031, Deddington, OX15 0QY
- OS grid reference
- SP 443 318
- Coordinates
- 51.98332, -1.35514
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Top Thatch is an early 18th-century house situated on the north side of the B4031 near Hempton. The construction is of coursed squared marlstone with wooden lintels, and it has a thatched roof with a brick end stack. The building has a simple 2-unit plan. The symmetrical 2-window front features 2-light casement windows at the first floor, and 3-light casement windows on the ground floor; all windows have been renewed. A central doorway is positioned on the front elevation. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Top Thatch receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 3 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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