Orleans Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1987. House. 3 related planning applications.
Orleans Cottage
- WRENN ID
- winter-truss-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Orleans Cottage, Norton and Lenchwick, WR11 4TG
- OS grid reference
- SP 034 470
- Coordinates
- 52.12193, -1.95095
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orleans Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with early 19th century and late 20th century alterations. It features a timber frame with painted brick infill set on a painted stone plinth, topped by a thatched roof. The cottage has a central chimney stack and a gable-end stack on the north side. It consists of three framed bays arranged in a north/south orientation and is one storey high with an attic, which is lit by two casements that are cut into the thatch. There are five windows in total, mostly 2-light casements from the 20th century. The entrance is located in the north gable, and the framing consists of two rectangular panels high.
Local climate
Orleans Cottage 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 2 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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