Orchard Mead is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
Orchard Mead
- WRENN ID
- tangled-rotunda-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Orchard Mead, Ridge, Potters Bar, South Mimms and Ridge, EN6 3LH
- OS grid reference
- TL 213 003
- Coordinates
- 51.68864, -0.2453
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard Mead is a house, originally five almshouses, built in 1844 by Sir G.G. Scott and W.B. Moffatt for Miss J. Trotter of Dyrham Park. The construction features knapped flint facing on clunch walls with red brick dressings, and a tiled roof. The house has a single storey and five bays. The central bay is slightly projecting with a gabled front, containing a single entrance and two windows. The door has a four-centred arched head within a chamfered brick surround. A dedicatory plaque above the door reads '1844/These almshouses/were erected/in accordance with the wish of/Miss Jean Trotter/of/Dyrham Park'. The front has brick plinth and cornice. The windows are two-light casements with chamfered and quoined brick surrounds. The roof has four tall, cross-axial ridge stacks. Two are at the gable ends, a single shaft flanks either side of the central bay, and the stacks have hexagonal bases with diagonal shafts. The gables have brick parapets and kneelers. Mid-20th century extensions have been added to the gable ends and the rear. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Orchard Mead 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 90% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- 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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