Cherry Orchard Farmhouse and Attached Outbuildings is a Grade II* listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1952. Farmhouse.

Cherry Orchard Farmhouse and Attached Outbuildings

WRENN ID
open-courtyard-blackthorn
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1952
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Cherry Orchard Farmhouse and Attached Outbuildings, Buxton Road, Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire Dales
OS grid reference
SK 176 501
Coordinates
53.04862, -1.7389
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cherry Orchard Farmhouse is a pele tower that has been converted into a farmhouse, dating from the medieval period and the late 17th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble limestone with sandstone dressings and features stone slate and plain tile roofs. The gables are stone coped, with plain kneelers at the south end and a stone coped gable at the north end. There are stone gable end stacks, and the building stands two storeys high, with a three-storey late medieval tower projecting on the west side.

The west elevation includes a ground floor doorway and another doorway above, both with chamfered surrounds, along with a small opening above. The south elevation has a later 2-light chamfered mullion window on the ground floor and a partly blocked 7-light mullioned and transomed window above. The crenellated parapet has been removed. Inside, there is an original stone newel staircase.

The west elevation of the house has three bays with a gable. The central doorway features a stone surround and a 20th-century wooden porch. To the left of the doorway is a 2-light chamfered mullion window, and to the right is a 3-light window of similar design. Above, there is a central 3-light mullioned and transomed window, flanked by a 2-light window on the left and a 3-light window on the right. In the gable above, there is another 2-light mullioned and transomed window. All windows have 20th-century diamond leaded lights.

Attached to the north end are two-storey outbuildings. It has been suggested that the tower may have originally served as the gatehouse for a moated hall that once stood nearby.

Local climate

Cherry Orchard Farmhouse and Attached Outbuildings receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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