The Woodlands is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1986. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.

The Woodlands

WRENN ID
odd-finial-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rushcliffe
Constituency
Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 November 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
The Woodlands, Church Street, Orston, NG13 9NS
OS grid reference
SK 769 411
Coordinates
52.96203, -0.85542
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Woodlands is a farmhouse dating from the early 18th century, with some 20th-century alterations. It is constructed of brick and features gabled and lean-to roofs covered with pantiles. The eaves are cogged and dentillated, and there is a single coped gable with two gable stacks. The building has two storeys plus garrets and is arranged in an L-shape with three bays.

The front elevation has a central half-glazed door with a segmental head, flanked by single casement windows. Above the door, there are three casements, with the central one being smaller. On the southwest end, there is a lean-to bake oven to the left and two casements to the right, with a 20th-century casement window above for the garret. The northeast gable features a 20th-century door to the right and a casement window above for the garret.

The rear elevation includes a lean-to addition to the left and a similar late 20th-century addition at the return angle. There is an off-centre door flanked by two casements on the left and a single casement on the right, with two casements above. The rear wing has a chamfered span beam with ogee stops and a fireplace bressumer, while other chamfered span beams lack stops. Inside, there is a three-storey winder stair with square newels, a reeded softwood fireplace with paterae, a late 18th-century hob grate, and a mid-19th-century register grate set in a bracketed limestone surround. The adjoining single-storey outbuildings are not of special interest and the farmhouse is included for its group value only.

Local climate

The Woodlands sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% 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 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • 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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