Groves Orchard is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.

Groves Orchard

WRENN ID
third-clay-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dacorum
Constituency
Hemel Hempstead MP: David Taylor (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1986
Type
House
Address
Groves Orchard, Chipperfield, WD4 9BY
OS grid reference
TL 040 013
Coordinates
51.70163, -0.49634
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Groves Orchard is a house dating from the late 17th century, with a brick casing on the ground floor and tile-hanging from the 18th century. There is a rear extension added around 1980. The house features a timber frame with red brick casing at the ground level, painted brick infill at the rear, and red tile-hanging on the front and west end. It has a steep old red tile roof and is a small, two-bay, one-and-a-half storey structure facing south, with a large single-storey rear extension. The front includes small gabled dormers at the eaves, two 2-light flush casement windows, and a former entrance with a central door. An external chimney is located on the west gable. The timber frame shows wide-spaced studs on the east side, with a collar truss supporting a clasped purlin roof. The north side has similar framing, featuring a full-height corner post. Inside, there are unjowled posts, scratch-moulded panelling, and two-panel doors with H-hinges.

Local climate

Groves Orchard sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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 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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