Thatch Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1982. House. 2 related planning applications.
Thatch Cottage
- WRENN ID
- unlit-courtyard-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1982
- Type
- House
- Address
- Thatch Cottage, the Green, North Leigh, OX29 6PY
- OS grid reference
- SP 400 146
- Coordinates
- 51.82924, -1.41984
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thatch Cottage is a house from the 18th century located on the east side of The Green in North Leigh. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and features a gabled thatch roof with rendered end stacks. The cottage has a two-unit plan and stands two storeys high with a two-window range. There is a timber lintel above a 20th-century door on the right, and timber lintels over 20th-century windows. The thatch roof extends over half-dormers. To the right, there is a 20th-century extension. Although the interior was not inspected, it is noted to have chamfered beams.
Local climate
Thatch Cottage 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- 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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