The Orchards is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1983. A Tudor Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Orchards
- WRENN ID
- weathered-passage-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- Tudor
- Address
- The Orchards, Polstead, CO6 5BD
- OS grid reference
- TL 997 402
- Coordinates
- 52.02451, 0.9099
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Orchards is a 17th-century cottage located in Polstead Heath. It is constructed with a timber frame and brick infilling, topped with a thatched roof. The building features a ridge stack on the left and a right end stack. There are two dormers situated on the left and in the center of the roof. The cottage has one storey and an attic, with an irregular front that includes five windows, which are fitted with various casements. The entrance is marked by a boarded door that is positioned off-center to the right. To the right of the entrance, there are a pair of buttresses topped with a flat hood, which may indicate a blocked doorway.
Local climate
The Orchards sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- 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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