Number 8 and That Part of Number 7 Above and to Rear of Number 8 is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. House, shop. 1 related planning application.
Number 8 and That Part of Number 7 Above and to Rear of Number 8
- WRENN ID
- guardian-chalk-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden MP: Gen Kitchen (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1986
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- Number 8 and That Part of Number 7 Above and to Rear of Number 8, Silver Street, Wellingborough, NN8 1BQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 891 678
- Coordinates
- 52.30125, -0.69434
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 8 and the part of Number 7 above and to the rear of Number 8 is a house that has been converted into a shop, dating from the early 18th century. It features regular coursed and banded limestone and ironstone, topped with a slate and 20th-century concrete tile roof. The building has an L-shaped plan and stands two storeys tall. The street-facing elevation has a two-window range of sash windows with rendered heads and keyblocks, along with a 20th-century shop front. To the right, there is an ashlar gable parapet and brick and stone stacks at either end.
The right elevation includes a six-panelled door with a moulded wood surround and a fanlight with diamond panes, as well as a sash window with glazing bars beneath a wood lintel. The left elevation features an ashlar gable parapet with kneelers, and the left corner is chamfered and corbelled. There is a blocked door opening at the first floor of the rear gable, which has a wood lintel. The left side of the rear gable has a horizontal sliding sash window with glazing bars and a wood lintel. Inside, the rooms at the rear of the shop and on the first floor have some chamfered ceiling beams and panelled window shutters.
Local climate
Number 8 and That Part of Number 7 Above and to Rear of Number 8 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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