Orchard Farmhouse and Orchard Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.

Orchard Farmhouse and Orchard Cottage

WRENN ID
gaunt-lime-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 May 1984
Type
House
Address
Orchard Farmhouse and Orchard Cottage, Orchard Lane, Stewkley, LU7 0HS
OS grid reference
SP 853 254
Coordinates
51.92106, -0.76099
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Orchard Farmhouse and Orchard Cottage are a late 16th-century house, originally with stables, that have been altered and extended in the 19th and 20th centuries. The buildings now function as two separate dwellings, forming an L-shaped layout with a projecting gable. The projecting bay has a jettied first floor to the front and right, supported by a moulded bressumer and incorporating a curved bracket to the corner and one shaped bracket. Leaded windows are present, including a three-light window to the ground floor and a canted oriel with moulded base and mullions to the first floor. A two-light casement is in the centre of the rear range, and a later three-light leaded casement is located in the 19th-century lean-to. The original left side was jettied, but now features a 19th-century lean-to. Brick infill is used, with a herringbone pattern in the projection and front wall of the rear wing. The roofs are tiled, and a central brick chimney is present. The left-hand bay is a 19th-century gabled brick projection with a horizontal sliding sash window to the ground floor, two 20th-century paired metal casements to the first floor, and a small attic window. The left side has 19th-century wooden casements and an entry. The right side has been rebuilt in brick with 20th-century leaded casements and a 20th-century lean-to porch connecting to the former stable block at the rear. A fire insurance plaque from the Royal Exchange is on the north-west corner of the jettied bay. Orchard Cottage, located to the right, retains an original staircase with a segmental door arch framing the landing.

Local climate

Orchard Farmhouse and Orchard Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2007
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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