Orchard Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Maldon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1986. Cottage.
Orchard Cottage
- WRENN ID
- tall-rood-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maldon
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Orchard Cottage, High Street, Bradwell-On-Sea
- OS grid reference
- TM 003 068
- Coordinates
- 51.72468, 0.89993
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard Cottage is a cottage that dates from the 18th century or earlier. It is constructed with a timber frame and is weatherboarded. The roof is a red plain tiled gambrel style, with the gable facing the road. A red brick chimney stack is present. The cottage has one storey and attics, featuring a catslide dormer on the left side. The attic includes a square leaded three-light casement window, while the ground floor has a bay window with small panes to the left and a vertically boarded door with a fanlight to the right. At the rear, there is a single-storey range built of brick and pantiles.
Local climate
Orchard 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 greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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