Witchert Wall Running West from Number 2 to Number 6, Forming the South Boundary to Orchard Close and the Old Orchard in the Croft is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Boundary wall.

Witchert Wall Running West from Number 2 to Number 6, Forming the South Boundary to Orchard Close and the Old Orchard in the Croft

WRENN ID
dusted-marble-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1985
Type
Boundary wall
Address
Witchert Wall Running West from Number 2 to Number 6, Forming the South Boundary to Orchard Close and the Old Orchard in the Croft, Dragon Tail, Haddenham
OS grid reference
SP 740 082
Coordinates
51.76771, -0.92815
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The witchert wall runs west from Number 2 to Number 6, forming the southern boundary of Orchard Close and The Old Orchard in The Croft. This boundary wall dates from the 18th and 19th centuries and is constructed of witchert on a rubblestone plinth, standing about 8 feet high. The wall is partly rendered and partly left exposed, featuring pantile and cement ridge coping. The section to the west of Number 2 and south of Number 4 is colourwashed and ramps up at the west to include witchert outside a privy with a tile roof. There are gateways at the east end and halfway along, leading into the garden of Orchard Close. Additionally, there is an 18th-century board door at the west, which opens into the garden of The Old Orchard.

Local climate

Witchert Wall Running West from Number 2 to Number 6, Forming the South Boundary to Orchard Close and the Old Orchard in the Croft 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 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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