Orchard Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Orchard Cottage
- WRENN ID
- ancient-arch-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley MP: Chris Coghlan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Orchard Cottage, Cobham Road, KT22 9HX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 148 564
- Coordinates
- 51.29528, -0.35392
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard Cottage is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house and surgery. It dates from the early 18th century and has been altered and extended over time. The building is constructed of handmade red brick in an irregular bond, featuring some burnt headers, and has a red tile roof. It has a rectangular single-depth plan with modern additions on the left end and an extension on the right-hand end.
The cottage is two storeys high and has three bays, which are mostly symmetrical except for an added dormer. It has a plinth, a three-course band that is broken between the second and third bays, and a vertical joint between the first and second bays. Each floor contains three small two-light casement windows, with those on the ground floor set under segmental relieving arches. A large gabled dormer has been added slightly to the right of centre. The building features gable chimneys.
The entrance is now located in a single-storey addition at the left end, which is not of special interest. There is also a short single-storey extension at the right-hand end, which includes a two-light casement window and a ridge chimney, and this has been further extended. The rear of the building is rendered and has similar window arrangements along with a central glazed door.
Inside, there are two rooms on the ground floor of unequal size, featuring a chamfered spine beam and a large brick fireplace at each end, which has been partly restored.
Local climate
Orchard Cottage 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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