Orchard Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. House.
Orchard Cottage
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-tin-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Orchard Cottage, Ardeley
- OS grid reference
- TL 323 255
- Coordinates
- 51.91235, -0.07678
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard Cottage is a Grade II listed building that consists of two houses now combined into one. It dates from the 18th century or earlier, with the eastern part likely from the 19th century. The structure features a timber frame that is roughcast on a stucco plinth, with a weatherboarded apron extending to the heads of the lower windows in the eastern section. The steeply pitched thatch roof has three eyebrow dormers on the western part and higher eaves on the eastern part.
The western section is a three-unit, one and a half storey house with a central chimney and a lobby-entry plan, facing north. It has a red brick central chimney located a third of the way from the western end. The former gable chimney at the eastern end has another chimney built against it, serving the two-cell and end outshut, which is two storeys with a central entrance plan. The door on this part is now blocked.
The western front is irregular, featuring three three-light casement windows, a door, and three two-light dormers. The eastern part has two two-light casements on each floor.
Local climate
Orchard Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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