The Orchard is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1975. House.
The Orchard
- WRENN ID
- solemn-ashlar-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Orchard, Middleway, Taunton
- OS grid reference
- ST 223 238
- Coordinates
- 51.00922, -3.10803
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Orchard is a late 18th century to early 19th century three-storey building made of red brick, set back from the road. It features a hipped slate roof and eaves brackets that may have been added later. The building has five windows, with the central ones being arched. The windows are sashes with glazing bars, and the side windows have frilled hinds for blinds. The entrance is highlighted by a stone door surround with Tuscan pilasters, an open pediment, and a fanlight. The Orchard is part of a group that includes the Old Vicarage, Fons George, and the New Inn on Wilton Street.
Local climate
The Orchard receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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