Old Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1957. A C18 Cottage.
Old Thatch
- WRENN ID
- haunted-pewter-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1957
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old Thatch, Grade-Ruan
- OS grid reference
- SW 721 145
- Coordinates
- 49.98708, -5.18032
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Thatch is a cottage dating from the 18th century, which has been modernised in the 20th century. It is constructed of pink-washed rubble stone with some cob in the upper walls and features a thatched roof. The building is one and a half storeys tall, with a symmetrical central part and extensions on both the left and right sides. The front has a range of seven windows.
On the ground floor, there are two 2-light 20th-century casement windows on either side of a timber-planked door that is sheltered by a thatched canopy supported by timber posts. Above these openings, there are three 2-light 20th-century casement windows. The left-hand side (southeast) has a 20th-century extension built with the same materials as the main structure, featuring similar windows on both the ground and first floors, and a rounded corner at the gable. The gable end has a large 3-light casement window on the ground floor without glazing bars and a 20th-century casement window on the first floor. To the right, there is a single-storey extension with a slate roof and a 3-light 20-pane casement window. The interior has been altered. The cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
Old Thatch receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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