The Orchards is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
The Orchards
- WRENN ID
- distant-lancet-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Orchards, Horsepond Road, Kidmore End, RG4 9BP
- OS grid reference
- SU 691 802
- Coordinates
- 51.5173, -1.0047
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Orchards is a house located on Horsepond Road in Gallowstree Common. It dates back to the 17th century, with a 20th-century cross-wing addition. The building features a combination of brick and timber framing, with rendered infill in the center and a thatched roof. It is designed in an L-shape and consists of a single storey with an attic, presenting a four-window range. There is a plank door on the right side at the junction of the cross-wing and the main house. The windows are arranged irregularly, with four casements to the left and a four-light casement in the cross-wing. The roof has three swept dormers, including two on the left-hand return of the cross-wing, and a three-light casement window is located at the gable end of the cross-wing. The building has end stacks and a hipped-roofed single-storey wing to the left, which includes a single casement window. Inside, the structure retains timber framing with chamfered spine beams featuring ogee stops.
Local climate
The Orchards sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
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