Long Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1985. House.
Long Thatch
- WRENN ID
- ragged-lintel-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Long Thatch, Blandford Road, Shillingstone
- OS grid reference
- ST 829 107
- Coordinates
- 50.89595, -2.24398
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Long Thatch is a house dating from the 16th century, with several additions and alterations made over the years. It is constructed of rubble, timber-frame, and render, and is whitewashed. The thatched roof features a brick stack along the ridge on the right side. The building has two storeys and a four-window range, with five-light wrought-iron casements that include leaded lights.
Inside, notable features include an open fireplace with a chamfered bressummer, a chamfered ceiling beam, and an original two-bay roof with a collar-beam truss.
Local climate
Long Thatch receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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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