Thatch Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1987. A Post-Medieval House. 2 related planning applications.

Thatch Cottage

WRENN ID
fading-casement-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Forest of Dean
Constituency
Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1987
Type
House
Period
Post-Medieval
Address
Thatch Cottage, Old Pike, Staunton, GL19 3QJ
OS grid reference
SO 772 295
Coordinates
51.96415, -2.33197
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a late 17th-century house that was enlarged in the mid-20th century and altered again in the late 20th century. It is constructed of brick and timber framing, with a thatched roof. The house comprises two sections, each one room deep and one-and-a-half storeys high, joined end to end.

The left wing is taller and longer. This section has timber framing arranged in three rows of panels to the eaves. There is a blocked door on the left side, with a shaped stud. Two sets of two-light casement windows are present; the end of a floor beam is visible above the lower rail of the left-hand pair of windows, with some rails having been inserted later. To the right, a single-light casement window is set back, with a boarded door beneath a lean-to porch with a thatched roof. A three-light casement window is located to the right, cutting through the timber framing. Dormers with two-light casement windows are positioned above each section; the central pair of windows in the dormers are original. A brick chimney sits on the ridge of the roof, in the centre of the left half. An external stone chimney is on the right gable, featuring tiled offsets and a brick stack.

Inside, the floor joists have been raised slightly in the late 20th century. A large fireplace is located in the right-hand room, and a cast iron crane is present. The property was likely originally a farmhouse, converted into three cottages, then reconverted into a single house in the 20th century. The windows on the front elevation are largely from the late 20th century.

Local climate

Thatch Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
  • 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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