Thatch Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Thatch Cottage

WRENN ID
keen-cornice-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 January 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Thatch Cottage, Wick Lane, Lacock, SN15 2FA
OS grid reference
ST 906 685
Coordinates
51.41573, -2.13625
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Thatch Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th century or early 18th century. It is constructed of rubble stone and features a thatched roof that is half-hipped to the east. The cottage has a west end stack and is 1.5 storeys tall with a one-room plan. There is one two-light cyma-moulded flush mullion window on each floor, with the upper window positioned under an eyebrow. To the left, there is a blocked door. Additionally, there is a 20th-century addition on the east side.

Local climate

Thatch Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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