Orchards is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. House. 9 related planning applications.
Orchards
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-window-ash
- 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
- Orchards, Ditcheat, BA4 6PZ
- OS grid reference
- ST 626 343
- Coordinates
- 51.10752, -2.53452
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchards is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed from coursed and squared Cary stone and features a double-Roman tiled roof with coped verges and brick stacks on stone bases. The building has two storeys and an attic, which is highlighted by large 20th-century dormer gables. The windows are moulded stone-mullioned, with configurations of 2, 3, and 4 lights, some of which have been restored. There is a 20th-century porch designed in a matching style, topped with a stone-tiled roof, and it includes a 20th-century ribbed inner door.
Local climate
Orchards 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 2003
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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