Sparrow Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. House. 1 related planning application.

Sparrow Thatch

WRENN ID
steep-lancet-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 1984
Type
House
Address
Sparrow Thatch, 5-7, Chequers Lane, Pitstone, LU7 9AG
OS grid reference
SP 933 159
Coordinates
51.83473, -0.64636
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sparrow Thatch is a house dating from the 17th century, which has been altered and extended on the left side in the 19th century. The original 17th-century section features some timber framing that is now covered with colourwashed render, with a post exposed at the front right corner. It has a thatched roof with rendered chimneys located to the right and between the left bays. The house is 1½ storeys tall and consists of three bays. It has 3-light leaded casement windows, mostly from the 20th century, with additional single lights to the right of the outer bays. The left window on the first floor is positioned below the eaves, while two windows to the right are set into the thatch. There is a 20th-century board door located in a 20th-century porch that has a hipped thatch roof, situated between the right bays. The 19th-century extension on the left is made of whitewashed render with a dark tiled roof and a rendered chimney on the left. It features barred wooden casements, with one on the first floor and two on the ground floor. The interior has not been seen.

Local climate

Sparrow Thatch sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 3 transactions since 1995
  • 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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