The Orchard Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 June 1985. Cottage.
The Orchard Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dark-hammer-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 June 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Orchard Cottage, South End, Brightwalton
- OS grid reference
- SU 424 780
- Coordinates
- 51.50007, -1.38969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Orchard Cottage is a building that combines three cottages now under one ownership. It dates from the 18th century and 19th century. The structure is made of brick, featuring grey headers and red stretchers, and has a thatched roof. It has a long rectangular shape and includes four eaves dormers with thatch that sweeps around the north side, along with end chimneys and a ridge chimney. On the north elevation, there are two 2-light casement windows with cambered heads to the left, and three more to the right of a boarded door that is located under a half-glazed gable porch.
Local climate
The Orchard Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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