Knight's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1988. House.

Knight's Cottage

WRENN ID
tilted-cobalt-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Northamptonshire
Constituency
Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 October 1988
Type
House
Address
Knight's Cottage, Main Street, Woodnewton
OS grid reference
TL 034 944
Coordinates
52.53787, -0.47614
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Knight's Cottage is a house located on Main Street in Woodnewton, originally shown as Manor Cottage on the ordnance survey map. It dates from the 17th century and was extended in the early 18th century. The building is constructed of squared coursed limestone and lias, topped with a Collyweston slate roof. It has an original two-unit plan that has been modified to a three-unit plan. The house is a single storey with an attic and features a three-window range.

The central window is a five-light, canted stone mullion window with ovolo moulding and a slate roof. To the far right, there is a small 19th-century casement window, and to the left, a horizontal sliding sash window with glazing bars, both set under wooden lintels. Three hipped eaves dormers also have similar horizontal sliding sash windows. A plank door, located to the right of the center, is set under a wooden lintel. The building retains the remains of ashlar stacks at the ridge and end.

There is a 20th-century one-bay extension to the right, which was in progress at the time of inspection. The rear elevation is similar, featuring horizontal sliding sash windows. Inside, the central room includes an open fireplace with a bressumer. The room to the right was added in the 18th century, and the doorway between this room and the central room was originally an external door. The 20th-century extension to the right is not of special architectural interest.

Local climate

Knight's Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% 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 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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