April Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
April Thatch
- WRENN ID
- solemn-gargoyle-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1959
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- April Thatch, Main Street, Coombe Keynes, BH20 5PP
- OS grid reference
- SY 841 842
- Coordinates
- 50.6578, -2.2255
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
April Thatch is a detached cottage, likely dating to the 18th century, although largely reconstructed in recent years. The building has plastered walls and a thatched roof, with brick stacks. It is two storeys high. A modern door is set within a thatched porch. The ground floor features four modern casement windows with glazing bars. The first floor has four similar windows.
Local climate
April Thatch receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 2008
- 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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