The Old Orchard is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Orchard
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-rubble-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1960
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Orchard, Stalbridge, DT10 2LA
- OS grid reference
- ST 719 165
- Coordinates
- 50.94776, -2.40068
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Orchard is a house dating from the 16th century, with 18th century additions. It features coursed rubble walls topped with a thatched roof and has a central stone chimney stack. The building is a single storey with an attic and displays irregular window arrangements, including two eyebrow dormers. The windows are a mix of casements with glazing bars and leaded-lights, and have wooden lintels. The doorway is designed with a segmental arch. The layout consists of a three-room cross passage plan, with the chimney stack positioned against the cross passage. Inside, there are several notable features, such as deep chamfered beams and wall plates, a doorway with shouldered chamfered jambs, a fireplace with a chamfered bressummer and jambs, and three cruck trusses.
Local climate
The Old Orchard receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 1 transaction since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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