Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1973. Cottage.

Thatch

WRENN ID
rusted-flue-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1973
Type
Cottage
Address
Thatch, Toweridge, West Wycombe
OS grid reference
SU 828 937
Coordinates
51.63632, -0.80488
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

"Thatch" is a former cottage located on the south side of Toweridge Common, approximately 200 yards northwest of Druid's Hut. The building dates from the 18th century or earlier and features a timber frame with colour washed brick nogging. Its thatched roof slopes down at both ends over the doorways. The cottage has two lattice casement windows and was previously known as The Hermitage.

Local climate

Thatch sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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