Orchard Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Orchard Cottage
- WRENN ID
- high-span-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Orchard Cottage, Bridport, DT6 4LG
- OS grid reference
- SY 483 926
- Coordinates
- 50.73141, -2.73371
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the 18th century, which was modernised in the 20th century. It features rubble-stone walls and a thatched roof that is gabled at both ends. The cottage is one storey high and has two windows on the wall facing the lane. One window is a single-light wooden casement with a lintel above, while the other is a two-light casement with glazing bars, a wooden lintel, and a cill. The front door, located on the right-hand gable end, is a plank door with one glass light and wooden framing.
Local climate
Orchard Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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