Islip House, and Attached Flight of Steps, Gatepiers and Walls is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. House. 2 related planning applications.
Islip House, and Attached Flight of Steps, Gatepiers and Walls
- WRENN ID
- upper-cinder-tarn
- 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
- Islip House, and Attached Flight of Steps, Gatepiers and Walls, Chapel Hill, NN14 3JP
- OS grid reference
- SP 989 786
- Coordinates
- 52.39734, -0.54707
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Islip House is a country house located on Chapel Hill in Islip, dating from the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed of squared coursed limestone with stuccoed facades and features roofs made of Collyweston and Welsh slate. The house has a double-depth plan and stands two storeys high with an attic and basement. The main front, which faces the garden, has a seven-window range. The central entrance features a part-glazed door with a moulded wood surround and a fanlight with glazing bars. The windows are sash style, also with glazing bars. The hipped roof is set behind a plain parapet and has three flat-topped dormers, with brick and stone stacks at the ridge.
To the right, there is a two-window-range extension that was remodelled in the 20th century. The entrance front, located to the left of the main front, has a five-window range similar to the main front but with plain sash windows on the ground floor. The central panelled double doors also have a fanlight with glazing bars. A flight of steps with a wrought-iron handrail leads down to a basement-level walkway. The rear of the house includes 19th-century brick extensions. The garden front is flanked by attached brick walls, each featuring a 20th-century iron gate set between 18th-century ashlar gatepiers.
Inside, the staircase at the entrance front is likely from the 18th century and has turned balusters. The main staircase leading to the garden front has a stick balustrade, which was probably altered in the 20th century.
Local climate
Islip House, and Attached Flight of Steps, Gatepiers and Walls 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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