The Old Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Thatch
- WRENN ID
- ancient-gable-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Thatch, 15, North Street, Marcham, OX13 6NG
- OS grid reference
- SU 454 967
- Coordinates
- 51.66747, -1.34431
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Thatch is a late 17th-century house located on the west side of North Street, Marcham. It is constructed of colourwashed limestone rubble with a gabled thatch roof. The stacks are of 20th-century brick on the left and stone finished in brick on the right. The house has a two-unit plan and one storey with an attic, featuring a two-window front. A concrete lintel sits above a central 19th-century plank door, which is set within a heavy, pegged 20th-century porch. Timber lintels are above 20th-century windows, and 20th-century dormer casements are in the roof. Inside, the house features stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, a chamfered bressumer over an open fireplace to the right, old purlins, and split rafters.
Local climate
The Old Thatch sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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 — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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