The Cottage (House Attached to East of the Shires) is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1987. House.
The Cottage (House Attached to East of the Shires)
- WRENN ID
- fallow-pier-ridge
- 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
- House
- OS grid reference
- SP 992 765
- Coordinates
- 52.37838, -0.54346
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage, attached to the east of The Shires, is a house dating from 1622, with elements from the 18th century and mid-19th century. It is constructed of squared coursed limestone and brick, topped with a concrete tile roof. The building is two storeys high and features a gable end facing the road, which has a single-window range of 20th-century casements with glazing bars, all set under wooden lintels. To the right, there is a 20th-century door, also under a wooden lintel, with a rectangular fanlight above it. The apex of the gable has a blocked attic window, again under a wooden lintel. The gable has an ashlar parapet and finial, along with a large ashlar stack at the rear. The 18th-century range at the back was raised in the 19th century. The interior has not been inspected. Originally, this house may have served as a cross wing to The Shires.
Local climate
The Cottage (House Attached to East of the Shires) 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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