Orchards is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Large detached house. 4 related planning applications.
Orchards
- WRENN ID
- former-nave-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Large detached house
- Address
- Orchards, Rectory Lane, Great Rissington, GL54 2LL
- OS grid reference
- SP 198 173
- Coordinates
- 51.85432, -1.71316
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchards is a large, detached house dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of coursed, squared, and roughly dressed limestone, with a concrete tile roof and ashlar stacks. The house has a rectangular plan, with a possible contemporary wing set at a right angle to the rear left.
The main body of the house is two storeys high and features a symmetrical facade of one window, a central bay that projects slightly and has a gable. All windows are large 16-pane sashes, with projecting dressed stone surrounds and keystones. Two segmental stone steps lead to a central 20th-century part-glazed door, also with dressed stone surrounds and a keystone. The right gable end has metal casements and French doors, all featuring glazing bars.
The rear wing is two storeys high with an attic, lit by two dormers in the roof eaves. These dormers contain two-light metal casements. Small 16-pane sash windows, with dressed stone surrounds, are found on the ground and first floors of the wing.
The main body and the rear extension have flat coping with moulded kneelers. The gable-end stacks have cappings and skirtings. The interior of the house has not been inspected.
Local climate
Orchards 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 2000
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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