Leighton House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1970. Town house. 2 related planning applications.
Leighton House
- WRENN ID
- carved-tallow-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden MP: Gen Kitchen (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1970
- Type
- Town house
- Address
- Leighton House, High Street, Wellingborough, NN8 4JU
- OS grid reference
- SP 890 679
- Coordinates
- 52.30216, -0.69617
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Leighton House is a late 18th and early 19th century town house, now used as offices. It is constructed of squared coursed ironstone with a slate roof, following a double-depth plan. The building is three storeys high and has a five-window front. The central entrance features a six-panelled door with a large fanlight, covered by a 19th-century moulded wooden hood with a pediment and dentilled cornice. The sash windows decrease in height on the second floor, and those on the first and second floors have glazing bars, all set within rusticated stucco surrounds. Rusticated stucco quoins and a moulded stone cornice are also present, along with ashlar gable parapets and stone stacks at each end.
The rear elevation is similar, with two storeys and an eaves parapet. A large, single-storey projection from the 19th century extends to the left.
Inside, the entrance hall leads to a square lobby with a plain vaulted ceiling. The ground floor features six-panelled doors, and both ground and first-floor rooms have panelled window reveals.
Local climate
Leighton House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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