Orchard Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1988. A C17/C18 House. 6 related planning applications.
Orchard Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-clay-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Orchard Cottage, Main Street, Fotheringhay, PE8 5HZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 058 932
- Coordinates
- 52.52653, -0.44082
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard Cottage is a house dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, with an early 20th-century extension. It is constructed of squared coursed limestone and rendered brick, with a thatched roof. It was originally likely a two-unit lobby entry plan. The house has two storeys and a two-window front. The windows are 19th-century casements under wooden lintels. A central plank door is situated under a wooden lintel, and is protected by a 20th-century porch. A single-light window is located to the left of the door. A central stone stack has been rebuilt. There are early 20th-century replacement doors and casement windows. The rear elevation is similar in appearance. The interior was noted to have ceiling beams and likely originally had open fireplaces, although these are now blocked.
Local climate
Orchard Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 9 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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