Tansor House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. House. 3 related planning applications.
Tansor House
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-sandstone-laurel
- 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
- Tansor House, Main Street, PE8 5HS
- OS grid reference
- TL 055 908
- Coordinates
- 52.50536, -0.44683
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tansor House is a house that likely dates back to the 17th century, with a datestone marking the year 1721. It has undergone alterations in the early and mid-19th century. The building is constructed of squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings and features a Collyweston slate roof. Originally, it probably had a two-unit plan but now has an L-shape. The house is two storeys tall with an attic and has a main front that consists of a three-window range.
On either side of the main front are two-storey canted bay windows with unhorned sashes and glazing bars. There is a central sash window on the first floor, which is set under a stone lintel. The central doorway, now blocked, features a moulded stone surround with a cornice. The exterior includes a chamfered plinth, a raised band between the storeys, and a moulded cornice. There are also a pair of hipped roof dormers, ashlar gable parapets, kneelers, and truncated ashlar stacks at the ends. The right gable has an oval datestone in the apex.
The rear wing, located to the right, likely originates from the 17th century and has two leaded casements on the first floor, which are set under wooden lintels, as well as a 19th-century tripartite sash window on the ground floor, also under a wooden lintel. There is a 20th-century door and porch to the left. The pair of roof dormers with leaded casements contain some early glass.
Inside, the kitchen in the rear wing features a large open fireplace with a bressumer. The mid-19th century staircase is said to retain 18th-century turned balusters.
Local climate
Tansor House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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