OX9 The Thatch, 29 High Street, Thame

The property comprises a Grade II listed public house formed from a number of interconnecting period cottage buildings dating from the 16th and 17th Century and later additions. The L-shapeddd two storey period buildings are of varying construction with areas of timber framing, some with close studding and rendered infill; painted coursed stone rubble with brick dressings to ground floor. Above, there is a pitched thatch roof to the centre and western end of the old buildings and pitched plain-tile roof to the eastern end with a dormer window to the front. To the western end there is a later two storey extension of brick construction under a pitched tiled roof with dormer window to the front whilst to the rear there are modern single storey extension of similar construction under a flat roof. To the rear is a paved garden area which provides additional seating in the summer months. There is also a car parking area providing space for around 12 vehicles.

The property lies on the northern edge of the retail town centre the heart of which is centred on Cornmarket approximately a quarter of a mile to the south east. The subject property is situated on the southern side of the B4445 High Street between the junctions with Brook Lane and Southern Road. The surrounding properties comprise predominantly period buildings, many of which are in residential use, together with some peripheral commercial uses.