The Old Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Old Thatch
- WRENN ID
- far-pediment-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Thatch, East Pennard, BA6 8PB
- OS grid reference
- ST 568 365
- Coordinates
- 51.12679, -2.61773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Thatch is a cottage dating to the 16th and 17th centuries, with 19th-century features. It is constructed of rendered and colourwashed walls with a thatched roof and a brick stack. The cottage has two storeys and three bays. It has plain two-light casement windows beneath wooden lintels, with the exception of a larger three-light casement with glazing bars on the ground floor. A door opening is present with a plank door and glazed panel, and a bonnet hood supported by thin wooden posts. Inside, a fireplace with a wooden bressumer and a winder staircase are noteworthy.
Local climate
The Old Thatch receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 1 transaction since 2021
- 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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