Orchardleigh is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. A 19th century House. 2 related planning applications.
Orchardleigh
- WRENN ID
- little-turret-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Period
- 19th century
- Address
- Orchardleigh, Norwich Road, Long Stratton, NR15 2PX
- OS grid reference
- TM 199 934
- Coordinates
- 52.49466, 1.23915
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchardleigh is an early 19th century house built of red brick. It features a low-pitched hipped roof covered with pantiles and stands two storeys tall. The facade has three windows, which are sashes with glazing bars; the ground floor sashes are accompanied by side lights. A central fluted pilastered doorcase is topped with an entablature that has a dentilled cornice, and it contains a fielded panel door. The house also has brick chimney stacks, and there is a one-storey wing at the north end.
Local climate
Orchardleigh 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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