Long Thatches is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1987. Cottage.
Long Thatches
- WRENN ID
- bitter-ember-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Long Thatches, Fore Street, Winsham
- OS grid reference
- ST 374 064
- Coordinates
- 50.85387, -2.88927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Long Thatches is a detached cottage, probably dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of local stone rubble and is colourwashed, topped with a thatched roof featuring plain gables and brick end chimney stacks, one of which has a traditional baffle. The building is two storeys high and has four bays. Most of the windows are small-pane casements: bays one and two have three-light windows, while bays three and four each have two-light windows. Additionally, there is a two-light set of windows higher up in an eyebrow roof dormer between bays three and four. Between bays one and two, there is a studded boarded door on a heavy frame, accessed by two steps and sheltered by a thatched hood. The interior has not been inspected. The cottage is included in the register primarily for its group value.
Local climate
Long Thatches receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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