Little Thatches Old Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1972. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Little Thatches Old Forge Cottage

WRENN ID
still-outpost-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 October 1972
Type
Cottage
Address
Little Thatches Old Forge Cottage, Stratford Road, Salisbury, SP1 3LH
OS grid reference
SU 133 322
Coordinates
51.08897, -1.81123
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Little Thatches, also known as Old Forge Cottage, dates to the 16th century and has been modernized. The building is timber framed with colourwashed brick, flint, and plaster infilling on a base of stone, flint, and brick. It has a thatched gable roof, with the north end partly weatherboarded and the south end half-tile hung. The front elevation is irregular and features six modern leaded casements and doors. The west front has three eyebrow dormers. An external brick chimney is present. Little Thatches and Old Forge Cottage are situated as a group with Dairy Cottage.

Local climate

Little Thatches Old Forge Cottage 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 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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