Orchard Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1976. House.
Orchard Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-timber-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- Orchard Cottage, Yeoland Lane, Swimbridge
- OS grid reference
- SS 626 304
- Coordinates
- 51.05669, -3.96145
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard Cottage is a house that was originally two cottages, built in the 18th century and altered in the 20th century. It features painted rendered stone and cob construction with a thatched roof and brick stacks at the gable ends. The building is single room deep and has undergone changes that obscure its original layout due to the removal of partitions that once separated the two cottages. It stands two storeys high and has a six-window range, with the second window from the right being blind. The windows are primarily 19th and 20th century casements, with three and two panes per light. Most ground floor openings have been changed to accommodate modern fenestration. The rear of the building has three buttresses, and the interior has been significantly altered.
Local climate
Orchard Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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