Orchards is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. Cottage.

Orchards

WRENN ID
ghost-merlon-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Orchards, Yartyford Lane, Membury
OS grid reference
ST 257 052
Coordinates
50.84162, -3.05579
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Orchards is a cottage dating from around the 16th century. It is constructed of roughcast stone rubble and features a pantile roof with gabled ends. The cottage has two storeys and a three-window range, with modern two-light casements that include glazing bars, as well as a modern central glazed door with a hood. The building has rendered ridge and end chimney stacks. At the rear, there is a roughcast wing that dates from the 19th century.

Inside, the cottage has jointed cruck trusses and a cross passage with a four-centred arch doorway. There is an open fireplace with chamfered stone jambs and a cambered chamfered bressummer, along with stopped chamfered ceiling beams.

Local climate

Orchards receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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