Boord's Orchard is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. House. 2 related planning applications.
Boord's Orchard
- WRENN ID
- upper-cobble-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Boord's Orchard, Batcombe, BA4 6HD
- OS grid reference
- ST 685 388
- Coordinates
- 51.14837, -2.45057
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Boord's Orchard is a house that dates from the 17th century, with an 18th-century wing on the right and further alterations from the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble and ashlar, featuring thatch and slate roofs, with coped verges, a finial, and ashlar stacks. The building has two storeys and three bays, with 2 and 3-light casements and wooden lintels on the ground floor. The central entrance is a half-glazed door with a wooden hood supported by rustic posts, flanked by two three-stage ashlar buttresses. The right wing is a single bay with casements that have glazing bars. The end gable face includes oval windows with four keys.
Local climate
Boord's Orchard receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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