Akon House is a Grade II listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1970. House. 1 related planning application.
Akon House
- WRENN ID
- graven-pedestal-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Coventry
- Constituency
- Coventry North West MP: Taiwo Owatemi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1970
- Type
- House
- Address
- Akon House, 1-5, Sandpits Lane, CV6 2FR
- OS grid reference
- SP 317 828
- Coordinates
- 52.44309, -1.53382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Akon House is a timber-framed building dating to the 16th century. It is characterised by square panels filled with red brick. The building has old tiled roofs, gabled in form with a plain central chimneystack. The front facade is 11 panels wide and 4 panels high. It originally featured four flush lattice casement windows. Sections of the building have been rebuilt in brick. Number 4 dates from the 18th century and was restored, constructed of red brick with a tiled roof. It has two storeys and attics, a modern doorway, and four flush casement windows with glazing bars set under cambered arches. Akon House is part of a group that includes the Beechwood Hotel.
Local climate
Akon House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1996
- 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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