The Orchards is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.
The Orchards
- WRENN ID
- hollow-storey-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Orchards, School Street, Daventry, NN11 9ES
- OS grid reference
- SP 565 626
- Coordinates
- 52.25912, -1.17348
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Orchards is a detached house located on School Street in Drayton, dating from the 17th century or earlier. It stands back from the road, screened by walls and trees. The main block is constructed of coursed rubble with a red brick cornice and an old tiled roof. The house has two storeys and features two nearly flush casement windows with glazing bars beneath wooden lintels. To the right, there is a lower wing with a loft door on the first floor. A modern cross wing, finished in whitewashed pebbledash, is situated on the left side of the building.
Local climate
The Orchards receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
- 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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