Orchared Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. House.

Orchared Cottage

WRENN ID
hushed-landing-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1980
Type
House
Address
Orchared Cottage, Woodend Green, Henham
OS grid reference
TL 551 284
Coordinates
51.9327, 0.25571
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Orchard Cottage is a timber-framed and plastered building that features elements from the 18th and 19th centuries. It stands two storeys tall and has casement windows with glazing bars. The front of the cottage includes a gabled porch that projects outward. The roof is tiled and has a central chimney stack, along with one gabled dormer on the front. At the rear, there is an addition that is weather-boarded and has a lean-to roof.

Local climate

Orchared Cottage 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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