Orton House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1989. Farmhouse.
Orton House Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- burning-stronghold-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1989
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Orton House Farmhouse, Morton Lane, Twycross
- OS grid reference
- SK 314 059
- Coordinates
- 52.65049, -1.53718
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orton House Farmhouse is a late 18th-century farmhouse built of red brick in Flemish bond, topped with a slate roof and featuring brick end stacks. The building has a T-shaped plan and stands three storeys tall, with storey bands and dentilled eaves, and the second floor has reduced proportions. The front has a regular five-window arrangement, with the centre bay being narrower. The first-floor centre window is a glazing bar sash, while the other windows are 19th-century casements set within 18th-century openings that have gauged brick heads, which are very slightly arched. There are two stone steps leading up to a central five-panel door that has raised panels, a pilastered and pedimented door case, and a fanlight with webbed radiating glazing bars.
Local climate
Orton House Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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