The Orchards is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
The Orchards
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-mortar-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Orchards, 53, Station Road, Fulbourn, CB21 5ER
- OS grid reference
- TL 523 565
- Coordinates
- 52.18588, 0.22702
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Orchards is a cottage that originated in the late 17th century, with alterations and restorations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It features a rendered timber frame and a steeply pitched pantiled roof, with bargeboarded gable ends and a ridge stack. The building has a typical three-bay plan, is one storey high with an attic, and includes one dormer. The central bay has 20th-century windows and a doorway.
Local climate
The Orchards sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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