The Orchards is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1972. A 20th century restoration House. 3 related planning applications.
The Orchards
- WRENN ID
- brooding-mortar-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1972
- Type
- House
- Period
- 20th century restoration
- Address
- The Orchards, Ardens Grafton, Temple Grafton, B49 6DR
- OS grid reference
- SP 117 543
- Coordinates
- 52.1877, -1.8293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Orchards is a house located in Temple Grafton, dating from the 17th to 18th century, with later alterations and a 20th-century restoration, including a wing added in 1982. The building is constructed from coursed blue lias rubble with some brick patching and features a steeply pitched old tile roof with a stone end stack.
The exterior is a single-storey plus attic structure with a three-window range. The entrance, located to the left of center, has a gabled 20th-century porch and is flanked by a 20th-century window with a stone lintel and a casement window to the left, while a segmental-headed window with a casement in a brick patch is to the right. There are two hipped dormers to the right of center with leaded casements. The right return has a large stack that originally projected, with two lights to the left and a wing to the right. The rear features two later gabled wings flanking a catslide outshut. The 20th-century wing, dated 1982, projects to the left return and includes an entrance and an adjacent loggia.
The interior is noted for having some internal timber-framed walls, one of which includes a blocked five-light mullioned window.
Local climate
The Orchards receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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