Orchardside is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. A C17 House.
Orchardside
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-window-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Orchardside, West End Road, Kempston, Kempston Rural, MK43 8RT
- OS grid reference
- TL 008 490
- Coordinates
- 52.13083, -0.52853
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchardside is a 17th century timber-framed house that has a 20th century gabled wing added to the right side. The exterior is finished with colourwashed roughcast and features a thatched roof. The building has one storey and an attic, with a central chimney stack. There are two attic dormers with leaded lights and modern leaded casements on the ground floor. A large modern gabled porch is present at the front. The two rear dormers have geometric glazing bars. The 20th century two-storey wing is made of colourwashed brick and also has a thatched roof.
Local climate
Orchardside sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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