Orchard Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1987. House. 3 related planning applications.
Orchard Cottage
- WRENN ID
- ragged-copper-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Orchard Cottage, Ledwell Road, Sandford St Martin, Sandford St. Martin, OX7 7AH
- OS grid reference
- SP 420 267
- Coordinates
- 51.93798, -1.39019
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard Cottage is a small house dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century. It is constructed of limestone rubble with wooden lintels and features thatch and plain-tile roofs, along with ashlar and rendered gable stacks. The building has a two-unit plan with a service wing.
The cottage stands two storeys high, with its entrance front positioned at right angles to the road. This facade includes a central four-panel door, a two-light window to the right, and a small canted bay to the left. Above the door, there is a small lattice window. To the left, a lower tiled service bay features 20th-century windows. The rear of the main range has three first-floor casements, one of which has three lattice lights, and a five-light canted bay window set on an ashlar base with a stone-slated roof. The left gable of the main roof is adorned with a double-shafted ashlar stack that has a plinth and a moulded cap.
The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Orchard Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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