The Orchards is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1987. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Orchards
- WRENN ID
- veiled-oriel-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Orchards, Prince Crescent, Staunton, GL19 3RF
- OS grid reference
- SO 788 290
- Coordinates
- 51.95929, -2.3086
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Orchards is a cottage dating back to 1848, designed by F O'Connor for the National Co-operative Land Company. It is constructed with brick walls and has a slate roof. The cottage consists of three rooms at the front, with a single-story rear lean-to extension, all on one level. A creeper covers the front walls. The central room slightly projects forward and features a half-glazed door recessed within two stone steps, with small windows at the top and two flush panels below. Above the door is a hipped, lean-to timber porch with a trellis head. There are single-light, eight-pane casement windows on either side, and a hidden quatrefoil ventilator in the gable. The verge rafters are plain. Further two-light casements, each with eight panes, are located in the wings to either side. Chimneys are present on the gable and rear centre. It is likely an unaltered example, and was originally part of a four-acre holding. The cottage forms part of a Chartist settlement and is listed primarily for its historical and sociological significance.
Local climate
The Orchards receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 9 transactions since 1997
- 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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