Ecton Post Office and Cooperative Shop Stone Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1972. Post office, shop, house. 2 related planning applications.

Ecton Post Office and Cooperative Shop Stone Cottage

WRENN ID
dusted-barrel-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Northamptonshire
Constituency
Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 August 1972
Type
Post office, shop, house
Address
Ecton Post Office and Cooperative Shop Stone Cottage, 3, High Street, NN6 0QA
OS grid reference
SP 827 635
Coordinates
52.26383, -0.78822
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ecton Post Office and Cooperative Shop, also known as Stone Cottage, is a building that dates back to 1752. It is constructed from lias ashlar and features a slate roof. Originally, it was likely a school room in the center, with houses attached on either side. The building stands two stories tall and has a total of seven window openings. The central three bays are taller than the flanking bays, featuring a central casement window with glazing bars and two blank windows on either side, all set beneath gauged stone arches.

On the ground floor, there is a shop window in its original opening, which includes a six-panelled door with glazed top lights to the right. To the left, there is a 19th-century brick lean-to. Nos. 3 and 7, which are attached to the left and right sides, each have a two-window range of casements. The casements in No. 3 are 20th-century leaded, while those in No. 7 have glazing bars, all under gauged stone arches. The entrances to Nos. 3 and 7 are located to the left and right, respectively, and are set under plain arches. The building features ashlar gable parapets and kneelers, with brick stacks at the ends.

No. 9, which is attached at a right angle to No. 7, has a two-window range of casements under wooden lintels and a 19th-century plank door to the left. The asbestos tile roof was raised in the early 20th century. Above the shop window, there is a tablet inscribed with "A school for poor children built by John Palmer 1752."

Local climate

Ecton Post Office and Cooperative Shop Stone Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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