2, Orchard Hill is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1976. House. 1 related planning application.
2, Orchard Hill
- WRENN ID
- upper-chapel-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton South MP: Mike Reader (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2, Orchard Hill, Billing, NN3 9AG
- OS grid reference
- SP 805 618
- Coordinates
- 52.24889, -0.82219
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 2 Orchard Hill, also known as Little Billing Home Farmhouse, is an early to mid 19th century building. It is constructed of squared rubble with ashlar dressings and features a hipped roof covered with Welsh slate, which has wide eaves. The building is two storeys high with a slightly recessed central section. The windows are arranged in a 1:1:1 pattern, with first-floor sashes that have glazing bars set under flat arches, while the ground floor has casements and later bay windows on the right side. There is a wooden doorhood, and the property includes a long lower back wing.
Local climate
2, Orchard Hill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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