Orchard House is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1960. Detached house. 3 related planning applications.
Orchard House
- WRENN ID
- gentle-plinth-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1960
- Type
- Detached house
- Address
- Orchard House, Little Rissington, GL54 2ND
- OS grid reference
- SP 191 197
- Coordinates
- 51.87626, -1.72254
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard House is a detached house dating from the late 17th to early 18th century. It is constructed of coursed, squared, and dressed limestone in alternating bands of orange and cream-coloured stone, with dressed stone quoins. The roof is covered in stone slates, with artificial stone slates to the rear extension. The house has ashlar stacks and a 'T'-shaped plan.
The two-storey and attic building has a symmetrical three-windowed front facade. It is lit by 2 and 3-light, double-chamfered stone-mullioned casement windows, each with a stopped hood. Three 2-light dormers with leaded roofs and sides are set into the roof. Stone-mullioned casements are also found at the rear and to the gable ends. The central doorway is from the 19th century, featuring six panels, within a flat-chamfered basket-headed dressed stone surround, with a keystone, imposts and a stopped hood. The roof has saddleback coping with moulded kneelers. Axial stacks are placed symmetrically towards the centre of the ridge, featuring moulded cappings and skirtings. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Orchard House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 — 3 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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