Saras Cottage the Old Orchard is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1955. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Saras Cottage the Old Orchard
- WRENN ID
- twisted-shingle-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1955
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Saras Cottage the Old Orchard, Thame Road, Longwick-Cum-Ilmer, HP27 9SW
- OS grid reference
- SP 784 053
- Coordinates
- 51.74132, -0.86494
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sara's Cottage and The Old Orchard are a pair of cottages dating back to the 17th century, with alterations made in the early to mid-18th century and later additions. The left-hand bay retains timber framing with whitewashed brick infill, some of which is herringbone pattern. The rest of the building was rebuilt in whitewashed brick, with some rendered timbering to the first floor of the right-hand bay. The roof is tiled, with a rebuilt chimney of thin brick between the left bays, and a later brick chimney to the right. The cottages are 1½ to 2 storeys high and have 3 bays. The right bays feature barred horizontal sliding sash windows, with those to the first floor set within eaves-line dormers. A small paired wooden casement window sits below the eaves between the right bays. The left bay has a paired wooden casement window to the first floor right, and a canted bay window, both with horizontal wooden glazing bars. A board door leads to a loft, and there is a half-glazed door between the left bays. A single-storey, half-timbered bay was added in the early 20th century to the left. Inside, the interior retains stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.
Local climate
Saras Cottage the Old Orchard 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 2 transactions since 2016
- 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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