Orchard Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. A C19 Cottage.

Orchard Cottage

WRENN ID
tilted-hammer-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Orchard Cottage, Dorton Road, Chilton
OS grid reference
SP 686 116
Coordinates
51.79886, -1.00608
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Orchard Cottage is an early 19th-century cottage featuring grey brick headers with red dressings and vertical bands. The flank and rear elevations are constructed of rubblestone. The building has a slate roof and consists of three bays over two storeys. The central entrance is a six-panel door, flanked by paired casements with flat arched openings. The eaves are adorned with dentil detailing, and there are chimney stacks on either side. At the rear and right-hand end, there is a slated lean-to.

Local climate

Orchard Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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