17 and 19, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1987. Almshouses.
17 and 19, High Street
- WRENN ID
- winding-hearth-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1987
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- 17 and 19, High Street, Islip
- OS grid reference
- SP 987 789
- Coordinates
- 52.39937, -0.54971
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 17 and 19 High Street are almshouses endowed by Henry Medbury, who died in 1705. They are constructed from squared coursed limestone and feature slate roofs. Originally designed as single-unit plans, these buildings are single storey with an attic and have a two-window range. No. 17 has a leaded casement window, while No. 19 has a casement window with glazing bars, both positioned under wooden lintels. There are central 19th-century plank doors, also under wooden lintels. The buildings feature a pair of gabled roof dormers with casement windows, ashlar gable parapets, kneelers, and a central stack made of brick and ashlar. Above the doors, there is an illegible plaque with a cornice. The interiors have not been inspected. These almshouses are included for their group value.
Local climate
17 and 19, High Street 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 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% 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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