Well Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1987. A Seventeenth Century House.
Well Cottages
- WRENN ID
- stranded-spandrel-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1987
- Type
- House
- Period
- Seventeenth Century
- Address
- Well Cottages, 1 and 2, Church Lane, Orleton
- OS grid reference
- SO 492 670
- Coordinates
- 52.29938, -2.74553
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Well Cottages, also known as Nos 1 & 2, is a house dating from the early 17th century, with some parts clad in the early 19th century and further alterations made in the mid-20th century. The building features a timber frame with rendered infill, which is almost entirely covered in brick, and has a slate roof. It consists of three framed bays arranged in an east-west direction.
The south front has two storeys and includes two windows with 2-light casements from the 20th century. On the ground floor, there are two 2-light casements beneath cambered brick heads, flanking an entrance that has a wooden architrave and a ledged and boarded door. To the right, there is a second entrance with a lean-to slated canopy, a 3-pane overlight, and another ledged and boarded door.
The east gable end displays exposed framing that was formerly jettied, featuring a chamfered bressummer. It has two square panels high to the first floor, supported by straight angle braces. The gable truss includes three struts to the collar, with a king-post above and trenched purlins.
Local climate
Well Cottages receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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