Orford Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 1951. Residential.
Orford Lodge
- WRENN ID
- old-bailey-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1951
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Orford Lodge, 99, Bancroft
- OS grid reference
- TL 185 294
- Coordinates
- 51.95065, -0.27639
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orford Lodge is an early 19th century building made of grey brick, consisting of two adjoining units: Orford Lodge itself, which has three storeys, and No. 100, which has two storeys. The building features deeply projecting eaves and a hipped slate roof that is only visible over No. 100. Orford Lodge has a prominent porch supported by massive Doric columns, while No. 100 includes a canted three-sided bay that extends from the ground to the roof. Orford Lodge has four windows, and No. 100 has six windows, all set in reveals with glazing bars and flat arches. Additionally, No. 99 features fluted Greek Doric columns on its porch. This building is part of a group that includes Nos. 91 to 93, Nos. 95 to 103B, and Nos. 105 to 109.
Local climate
Orford Lodge 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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