Ye Olde Thatche is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Ye Olde Thatche
- WRENN ID
- inner-stronghold-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Ye Olde Thatche, the Green, Byfield, NN11 6UT
- OS grid reference
- SP 517 530
- Coordinates
- 52.1736, -1.24403
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ye Olde Thatche is a cottage from the 18th century located on the east side of Byfield The Green. It is built from coursed squared ironstone and features a thatched roof with a brick ridge stack. The cottage has a two-unit lobby-entry plan and stands two storeys tall, with a two-window range. The ground floor has three-light casement windows with leaded lights; the left window has a stone lintel and keyblock, while the right has a timber lintel. The first floor features three-light casement windows with timber lintels set in eyebrow dormers. There is a plank door at the rear. Inside, the cottage includes re-used late medieval beams and rafters, as well as an open fireplace with a stop-chamfered bressumer.
Local climate
Ye Olde Thatche receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
- 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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