Orchard Side is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.
Orchard Side
- WRENN ID
- graven-cupola-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 June 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Orchard Side, Smith End, Barley, SG8 8LH
- OS grid reference
- TL 400 376
- Coordinates
- 52.01961, 0.03945
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard Side is an 18th-century house located on the southwest side of Barley Smith End. It is constructed mainly of chalk with clay lump, and has a roughcast finish. The steeply pitched roof is covered in machine tiles. The house has two bays, with a central 19th-century gabled porch sheltering the entrance. The right bays feature ground-floor horizontal sliding sash windows in moulded frames, and the left gable end has a ground-floor horizontal sliding sash. The first floor has two-light casement windows. A brick internal stack is located at the right end. A single-storey lean-to outshut is present at the rear, with a later flat-roofed addition. Rear elevations of the main block feature two-light casement windows. The property is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
Orchard Side 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 92% 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 59% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- 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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