The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1984. Farmhouse.

The Thatched Cottage

WRENN ID
endless-basalt-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exmoor National Park
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
The Thatched Cottage, Nettlecombe, Somerset
OS grid reference
ST 060 390
Coordinates
51.14343, -3.34436
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Thatched Cottage is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the mid-20th century. It features a roughcast exterior over random rubble and a thatched roof, with brick stacks at the gable ends. The building has an "L"-shaped plan, likely consisting of three cells and a cross passage, along with a single cell cross wing and attached 20th-century lean-to additions in the angle.

The cottage is one and a half storeys tall and has a layout of 1:2 bays. On the left gable end, there is a tall glazed opening, likely a stair light, and to the right, a tiny lancet window which probably serves as ventilation for a curing chamber. The early 19th-century features include a two-light iron leaded casement dormer and a gabled 19th-century two-light wooden casement window to the right. The ground floor cross wing is unlit, and the entrance is now located in the single-storey lean-to addition on the right, which has a 20th-century two-light casement window. There is also a three-light iron leaded casement to the right with a tiny glazed opening beyond. The original entrance is centrally located, featuring a plank door and a gabled thatched rustic wooden porch, while the main entrance has a 20th-century plank door. The interior has not been viewed.

Local climate

The Thatched Cottage receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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