Gable Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Gable Thatch
- WRENN ID
- sunken-groin-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Gable Thatch, 40, the Street, Chirton, SN10 3QS
- OS grid reference
- SU 073 574
- Coordinates
- 51.31613, -1.89534
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a cottage dating from the 17th century. It is timber framed, although the ground floor has been enclosed or replaced with cob to the rear and a colourwashed random stone front wall. The roof is thatched. The cottage is a single storey with an attic, originally comprising two bays, and it has been extended to the south by a narrow bay and incorporates an outbuilding at the north end. Initially a two-bay gable stack house, it was extended to incorporate an adjoining well house, now used as an entrance hall and stair. Access is through a half-glazed door. There are paned casement windows, and raised dormers to the upper floor. A gable stack and outbuilding are thatched as lean-to structures. Inside the main north room is a spine beam with bar run-out stops. The original stair located beside the stack has been removed. Other original features include a chamfered fire lintel and an oven, the rear of which has also been removed. The room to the south has a rough spine beam.
Local climate
Gable Thatch receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2010
- 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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