Barn Cottage Garden Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. A Early C19 House.

Barn Cottage Garden Cottage

WRENN ID
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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
Barn Cottage Garden Cottage, Main Street, Polebrook, PE8 5LN
OS grid reference
TL 069 871
Coordinates
52.47147, -0.42706
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Garden Cottage and Barn Cottage are two dwellings that were originally five houses, dating from the early 19th century. They are constructed of squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings and feature a Collyweston slate roof. The buildings likely started as single-unit plans, forming an L-shaped range. The front has a six-window arrangement of leaded casements; the far-right windows are set under gauged stone heads with ashlar surrounds, while the others are under wood lintels. The first-floor window on the far right is blind. There is a four-panel door with a rectangular fanlight to the far right, which also has a gauged stone head and ashlar surround. The gable ends have ashlar parapets, and there are rebuilt brick stacks at the ridge and end. To the left is Barn Cottage, which has a similar appearance to the main front and features two four-panel doors between the window ranges. The interiors have not been inspected. These cottages were originally part of the stable courtyard for Polebrook Hall.

Local climate

Barn Cottage Garden Cottage 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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