Orchard Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1986. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Orchard Cottage
- WRENN ID
- ragged-footing-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 April 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Orchard Cottage, Woodbury, EX3 0PX
- OS grid reference
- SX 984 862
- Coordinates
- 50.66705, -3.4382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard Cottage is a detached cottage dating to the 17th century, with later alterations. It is built of roughcast cob on stone footings, with a half-hipped thatched roof. Originally a 2-room, central cross-passage plan house, it now includes a later rear lean-to extension. The stacks have been dismantled. The front elevation has an irregular 2-window arrangement, with 3-light casement windows set under eyebrow eaves. The ground floor features one 3-light window and two deeply recessed 2-light casement windows. A slated lean-to canopy covers the central doorway. 20th-century casement windows are located at the left-hand end and at the rear. The interior was not inspected, but roughly chamfered ceiling beams are visible.
Local climate
Orchard Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% 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 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2002
- 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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