The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1972. Farmhouse.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- solemn-span-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1972
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Cottage, 32, Wilby Road, Mears Ashby
- OS grid reference
- SP 841 665
- Coordinates
- 52.29066, -0.7683
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house, likely dating from the late 17th century and mid 19th century. It features squared coursed lias stone with a thatched roof and has a T-shaped plan. The building is two storeys high. The entrance front consists of two wings, each with a single window range of casements that have glazing bars. The two windows on the right have leaded lights beneath wooden lintels. The left wing, which is from the mid 19th century, includes a six-panel door with glazed top lights and a lattice porch. The gable ends have ashlar parapets and kneelers, with brick and stone stacks at each end. The rear wing is similar in style. Although the interior has not been inspected, it is noted to have ceiling beams and panelled reveals around some of the ground floor windows.
Local climate
The 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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