Orchard House is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. House, former public house. 5 related planning applications.
Orchard House
- WRENN ID
- night-brass-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- House, former public house
- Address
- Orchard House, 2, High Street, Bourn, CB23 2SQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 324 566
- Coordinates
- 52.19181, -0.06404
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard House is a house that was formerly a public house, dating from around 1700, with 20th-century additions and replacements. It is timber-framed and plastered, topped with a 20th-century pantile roof. The building has two storeys and attics, featuring a three-unit plan similar to Willow House. The front has a 20th-century architraved doorcase and replacement hung sash windows. The door is located to the left of the centre, with three ground floor windows—two of which have side lights—and four first floor windows. Inside, there are original features such as a large inglenook hearth with a sealed opening to a baking oven, a parlour hearth, two first floor hearths, exposed timber framing, and a side purlin roof. The house was formerly known as the King William IV Public House.
Local climate
Orchard House 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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 2009
- 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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