Orchard House is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1994. House.
Orchard House
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-foundation-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1994
- Type
- House
- Address
- Orchard House, 31, Wood Street
- OS grid reference
- NY 423 556
- Coordinates
- 54.89253, -2.90028
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard House is a house dating from the mid to late 18th century, located on Wood Street in Botcherby, Carlisle. The building features Flemish bond brickwork set on a chamfered plinth, with all dressings made of painted stone. It has a greenslate roof with a sandstone ridge, where the bottom course of slates overlaps sandstone slates, and is topped with end brick chimney stacks. The house is two storeys high and has two bays, with a single-depth plan that includes a rear contemporary outshut. The entrance is marked by a central top-glazed panelled door, which is framed by a flush quoined surround. The windows are sash style, set within wooden reveals and are topped with segmental brick arches, complete with moulded sills. Although the interior has not been inspected, the cobbled area in front of the house is noted as an interesting feature.
Local climate
Orchard House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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