South Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1988. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
South Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- lesser-steeple-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- South Farmhouse, Main Street, Glapthorn, PE8 5BE
- OS grid reference
- TL 022 902
- Coordinates
- 52.50074, -0.49505
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
South Farmhouse, now a house, likely dates to the late 17th century and was altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of squared coursed limestone with a reconstituted stone slate roof. The building has a 3-unit plan and two storeys, with a four-window front. The windows are 19th-century style casements under wooden lintels, with one window above the front door being a 20th-century addition. A 4-panel door, a 20th-century replacement, is located to the left of centre under a reconstituted stone lintel. The house has ashlar gable parapets and ashlar ridge and end stacks; one stack has a moulded cornice. The rear elevation is similar, featuring a projecting corner window and some 20th-century windows. Inside, the entrance hall contains a staircase with a stick balustrade. Rooms on either side of the entrance hall have open fireplaces with bressumers, and the fireplace to the right of the entrance also has an oven. The interior also features stop-chamfered spine beams. The building was reportedly used for a time as the Dun Cow public house.
Local climate
South Farmhouse 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 2005
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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