Orchard Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1989. Cottage.
Orchard Cottage
- WRENN ID
- tilted-chapel-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 1989
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Orchard Cottage, 85, Main Street, Ratby, LE6 0LN
- OS grid reference
- SK 511 059
- Coordinates
- 52.64923, -1.24492
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard Cottage is a house that likely dates back to the early 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th to 20th centuries. It features a cruck frame, red brick construction, and a plain-tile roof with brick ridge stacks. The building has a rubble stone plinth and was originally a single storey with an attic, later raised to two storeys in the 20th century. The gable faces the street, with the entrance located to the left in a long range of two windows. The layout consists of four units, including an integrated stable on the left side. The windows include two-light and three-light casements with brick cambered arches, and there is a central part-glazed door under a similar arch. A stable door is located to the left. On the right gable end facing the street, there is a three-light casement on each floor. The rear of the building is mostly blank, except for two small casements.
Inside, there are two pairs of cruck blades, which are probably full and slightly truncated at the base. The interior features two open fireplaces, one of which includes spice cupboards and a partly wattle and daub hood above it. There is also a 19th-century marbled slate fireplace in the ground floor room that faces the street.
Local climate
Orchard Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 4 transactions since 1997
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