The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 June 1974. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
The Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- nether-roof-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 June 1974
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatched Cottage, 38, Station Road, Portbury, BS20 7TE
- OS grid reference
- ST 493 760
- Coordinates
- 51.48094, -2.73102
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatched Cottage is an early 17th-century cottage located on Station Road in Sheepway, Portbury. It is constructed of rubble with a thatched roof and features brick stacks. The building is a single storey with attics, which are highlighted by three 'eyebrow' dormers, with an additional four dormers on the rear elevation. The front has three bays, with 20th-century two-light casement windows. The left bay includes a 20th-century extension, and there are 20th-century doors on both the left and right, set within a thatched, projecting porch. Inside, the cottage features stop-chamfered beams and a large open fireplace.
Local climate
The Thatched Cottage receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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