Orchard Banks is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1955. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

Orchard Banks

WRENN ID
hollow-solder-jay
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 December 1955
Type
Cottage
Address
Orchard Banks, Main Street, Wroxton, OX15 6PT
OS grid reference
SP 413 417
Coordinates
52.07272, -1.39788
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Orchard Banks is a group of three cottages that have been converted into a house, dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century. The building is constructed of coursed ironstone rubble and features a steeply pitched thatched roof with ridge and end stacks that have brick shafts. Originally designed as single-unit plans, the cottages now form a three-unit layout and are single storey plus attic throughout.

On the right side, there are two entrances with plank doors, wooden frames, and wooden lintels, along with a gabled 20th-century hood. The ground floor includes four wooden casement windows, two of which have two lights and two with three lights, all set beneath wooden lintels. In the attic, there is a half-dormer with a two-light casement and an eyebrow dormer featuring a three-light metal casement within a wooden surround. A fire plaque is located on the left gable, and there are 20th-century brick buttresses on the left end and left gable. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Orchard Banks 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 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 2004
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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  • 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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