Belle Orchard House (Old People's Home) is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1976. Former institution, old people's home.
Belle Orchard House (Old People's Home)
- WRENN ID
- tangled-granite-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1976
- Type
- Former institution, old people's home
- Address
- Belle Orchard House (Old People's Home), Union Lane, Ledbury
- OS grid reference
- SO 708 380
- Coordinates
- 52.0403, -2.42699
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Belle Orchard House, originally known as the Institution, was built in 1836. This two-storey building is constructed of red brick and features a hipped slate roof. The façade is arranged with a window layout of three, four, and three. The central section of the building projects forward and is topped with a pediment that has wide eaves supported by paired brackets. There is a stone band between the floors and a panel in the pediment displaying the date of construction. The windows are small and have glazing bars, with flat brick arches above them. There are two doorways in the central projection, each surrounded by projecting brick with a stone band above, which is supported by brick dentils. The entrance is accessed by wide modern steps.
Local climate
Belle Orchard House (Old People's Home) receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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