Thrapston House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1987. Townhouse, office. 2 related planning applications.
Thrapston House
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-shingle-sage
- 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
- Townhouse, office
- Address
- Thrapston House, Huntingdon Road
- OS grid reference
- SP 998 786
- Coordinates
- 52.39641, -0.53376
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thrapston House is a town house, now an office, dating from circa 1805. A rainwater head dated 1842 indicates an extension and remodelling of the front entrance during that time. The building is constructed of squared coursed limestone, with an ashlar facade and a plain-tile roof. It follows a double-depth plan and stands two and three storeys high.
The main front features a three-window range. A central ashlar porch has square and reeded columns, a dentilled cornice and a six-panel door. The windows are tripartite sashes with ashlar surrounds and keyblocks. A raised string course, dentilled wood cornice and ashlar gable parapets complete the facade. Attached to the left is a two-window range with a rainwater head dated 1842 set above sash windows with ashlar surrounds; the first-floor windows have keyblocks. This left bay breaks forward slightly. The rear elevation is likely from the early 19th century, displaying a three-window range of sash windows with glazing bars under gauged stone heads. The second floor incorporates a five-window range and some replacement windows. The central bay breaks forward on the ground and first floors, featuring a gabled roof and a large central sash window leading to the staircase. A single sash window with glazing bars is set within the left gable, beneath a wooden lintel.
The interior includes a mid-19th century staircase with square balusters. It is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
Thrapston House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2010
- 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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