Old Thatch and Little Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1967. House. 1 related planning application.

Old Thatch and Little Thatch

WRENN ID
sombre-doorway-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1967
Type
House
Address
Old Thatch and Little Thatch, South Milton, TQ7 3JQ
OS grid reference
SX 699 426
Coordinates
50.26952, -3.82558
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Thatch and Little Thatch are a pair of houses, likely from the 17th century, but significantly altered in the 20th century. They have rendered stone rubble walls and a thatched roof with gable ends. There are three rubble stacks with dripcourses, two positioned along the ridge and one at the left gable end. The original layout is unclear, but it seems that the buildings have been extended at one end. Old Thatch, on the left, appears to have a three-room plan, while Little Thatch consists of one room at the right end and another in a rear wing, which was probably an outbuilding.

The exterior features two storeys and an asymmetrical front with four windows, where Old Thatch occupies three-quarters of the façade. The windows are 20th-century casements with two, three, and four lights. There is a firemark located below the eaves of Little Thatch towards the right end. Both houses have 20th-century doors on their rear walls. The interior of Old Thatch is accessible and shows few early features, while more original elements may still exist in Little Thatch.

Local climate

Old Thatch and Little Thatch receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2004
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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