Orchard Lea is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1974. House. 2 related planning applications.
Orchard Lea
- WRENN ID
- gilded-bronze-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tendring
- Constituency
- Clacton MP: Nigel Farage (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Orchard Lea, the Street, Little Clacton, CO16 9LE
- OS grid reference
- TM 166 189
- Coordinates
- 51.82752, 1.14223
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard Lea is a house from the 18th century located on the east side of The Street in Little Clacton. It is constructed of red brick and features a red plain tiled roof with two gabled dormers. The building has two storeys and attics, with a central band running along its facade. There is a four-window range that includes various casements with transoms, some of which have segmental arches. The entrance is off centre to the left and consists of a vertically boarded door flanked by fluted pilasters. Above the door is a moulded frieze and a pediment with a moulded soffit supported by curved brackets.
Local climate
Orchard Lea receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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