The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sheer-alcove-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatched Cottage, Horseshoe Hill, Burnham, SL1 8QE
- OS grid reference
- SU 934 860
- Coordinates
- 51.5652, -0.65355
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatched Cottage is a building that likely dates from the 18th century and has been altered over time. It is constructed of brick and features a pantiled roof. The ground floor includes one window and a modest board door. On the first floor, there are two 2-light casement windows. To the right of the main structure, there is a lower brick section that has one 3-light casement window and a thatched roof.
Local climate
The Thatched Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 4 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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