Orchard House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1984. A C18 House. 1 related planning application.
Orchard House
- WRENN ID
- quiet-latch-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Orchard House, A686, Alston Moor, CA9 3HX
- OS grid reference
- NY 717 465
- Coordinates
- 54.81257, -2.4416
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard House is a house from the early 18th century, with later alterations. It is built of coursed, squared rubble and features quoins at the north end. The graduated slate roof has a stone chimney and a kneeler at the north end, while the south kneeler is incorporated into the front of the adjoining Sun House. The house has a symmetrical two-storey, three-bay front, which includes a central part-glazed door set in a stone surround, along with sash windows that have glazing bars.
Local climate
Orchard House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 75 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 53 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 2010
- 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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