Orchard Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1952. House. 4 related planning applications.
Orchard Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-floor-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Orchard Cottage, Old Nursery Lane, Brightwell-Cum-Sothwell, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RB
- OS grid reference
- SU 578 909
- Coordinates
- 51.61465, -1.16654
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard Cottage is a house, likely dating from the early 18th century. It has a painted brick plinth and timber framing with painted brick infill. The roof is thatched, with a half-hipped form, and a painted brick ridge stack is centrally located. The house follows a two-unit lobby-entry plan. It is a single storey building with an attic, and has a two-window front. A central plank door provides access, with six-pane windows situated to the right and left of centre. A two-light casement window is located to the left. Two swept dormers are present in the roof. The interior of the building has not been inspected.
Local climate
Orchard Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 4 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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