Orchard Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.

Orchard Farmhouse

WRENN ID
swift-postern-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Orchard Farmhouse, Cheddington Road, Pitstone, LU7 9AE
OS grid reference
SP 932 160
Coordinates
51.83532, -0.64821
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Orchard Farmhouse is a house with a 17th-century wing at the rear, extended to the south in the early to mid-19th century. The rear wing has a timber frame with whitewashed brick infill and an old tile roof. It is two storeys high and has three bays, with 20th-century leaded 2 and 3-light casement windows. There are flanking doors, with one located within a small gabled projection on the right side. A lean-to addition is present on the left.

The taller, 19th-century bay to the right is constructed of whitewashed brick and features barred horizontal sliding sashes with cambered heads. The gable of the front wing, set back on the far right, has matching sashes and a lean-to porch. The front wing itself is of whitewashed brick, with an old tile roof and flanking brick chimneys. It is also two storeys high and has three bays, with 3-pane sashes and cambered heads, and louvred shutters. The ground floor of the centre bay features a barred wooden window with a semi-circular fanlight, which likely replaced a door. A lean-to conservatory from the 20th century is located on the right.

Local climate

Orchard Farmhouse 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 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2013
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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