Orchard House is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.
Orchard House
- WRENN ID
- north-marble-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Orchard House, Main Road, Upton, NG23 5ST
- OS grid reference
- SK 737 543
- Coordinates
- 53.08153, -0.89997
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard House is a late 17th-century house with alterations from the 18th century. It is constructed of brick, partly rendered, and has a concrete tile roof. The building features two coped gables with kneelers, a single ridge stack, and two gable stacks. It is two storeys high and has four bays. The north front has an off-centre 20th-century timber and plastic porch containing a door with a segmental head. To the left of the porch is a 20th-century casement window, and to the right is a glazing bar sash window. Above are four smaller glazing bar sashes. The east gable has two 20th-century casement windows. The rear elevation includes a 19th-century brick lean-to toilet block with a pantile roof. To the left of the toilet block is a 20th-century door, and further to the left are three 20th-century casement windows, one with a segmental head. Above these are five casement windows.
Local climate
Orchard House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2005
- 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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