Berkeley House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. House. 6 related planning applications.
Berkeley House
- WRENN ID
- long-baluster-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Berkeley House, Lower Benefield, PE8 5AF
- OS grid reference
- SP 991 887
- Coordinates
- 52.48751, -0.54063
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Berkeley House is a house dating from the early 18th century, with additions and alterations from the late 19th century and a mid-20th century restoration. It is constructed from squared coursed limestone with a Collyweston slate roof. Originally, the house likely had a 2-unit plan with additional buildings, but it now forms an irregular L-shape. The two-storey main front has a four-window arrangement, featuring two pairs of sash windows with glazing bars, set beneath wooden lintels. Four hipped roof dormers, each containing a casement window, are visible. The roof features ashlar gable parapets and a central ashlar stack. A one-window range attached to the right is likely from the 19th century, with windows in a 19th-century style set under wooden lintels. A similar one-window range, of single-storey and reconstructed in the mid-20th century, is attached further to the right. A gable on the left side of the main front reveals a 2-light stone mullion window illuminating a cellar, and evidence of blocked windows at both ground and first floor levels. A mid-19th century wing projecting at right angles to the rear includes a 19th-century stone porch which projects to the left of the main front. The interior features a late-19th century staircase and a large central stack.
Local climate
Berkeley House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 2 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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