The Thatches is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1977. Cottage.
The Thatches
- WRENN ID
- turning-outpost-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1977
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatches, Dawlish
- OS grid reference
- SX 952 749
- Coordinates
- 50.56524, -3.48051
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatches is a building dating from the 18th century or earlier, originally consisting of two cottages positioned at an angle to the road, across from Nos 5 and 7. It is two storeys high and constructed of cob with a thatched roof. The building features four casement windows with leaded lights and has a rustic porch. There is also a baking oven projection and an external chimney at the road end.
Local climate
The Thatches receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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