Orchard Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1975. Cottage.
Orchard Cottage
- WRENN ID
- eastward-vault-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1975
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Orchard Cottage, Main Street, Alderton
- OS grid reference
- SP 740 468
- Coordinates
- 52.11482, -0.91951
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard Cottage is a cottage dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features a thatched roof with a brick ridge stack. The building is two stories high and has a two-window range. On the ground floor, there is a two-light casement window on the left and a three-light casement window on the right, while the first floor has two-light casements, all of which have wooden lintels. Some courses of red brick are present at the eaves, and the roof has a hip on the left side. To the right, there is a single-storey extension that includes a 20th-century door and casement, both with wooden lintels. Inside, the cottage features chamfered spine beams and an inglenook with a chamfered bressumer.
Local climate
Orchard Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1995
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