Middle Thatch is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Middle Thatch

WRENN ID
grim-brick-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 May 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Middle Thatch, Lydeard St. Lawrence
OS grid reference
ST 128 324
Coordinates
51.0843, -3.24609
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Middle Thatch is a cottage dating from the 17th century, which was restored in the 20th century. It features roughcast over random rubble and has a thatched roof with brick stacks at the gable ends and to the left of the cross passage. The building has three cells and a cross passage, facing west, with an extension at the northwest corner. It is two storeys high and has four bays, with three-light casements. The outer bay on the right has a full height projection with inserted two-light casements. The entrance is located to the right of the centre and features a 20th-century plank and stud door, with a porch supported by cantilevered stone slabs on wooden brackets, accessed by two steps. The interior has not been viewed.

Local climate

Middle Thatch receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
  • 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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