The Little House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1976. Large house.
The Little House
- WRENN ID
- proud-tracery-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering MP: Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1976
- Type
- Large house
- Address
- The Little House, Duck End, Cranford
- OS grid reference
- SP 925 775
- Coordinates
- 52.38821, -0.64172
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Little House is a large house with origins dating from the 17th or 18th century, which was altered and extended in the 18th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a Collyweston stone slate roof with coped gables, a moulded stone ridge, and end stacks.
The house consists of two main blocks, with the left block being lower and likely the older of the two, comprising three bays. The left-hand bay has a 2-light stone-mullioned window with a cornice on both the ground and first floors. The second bay is gabled and projects, featuring a rectangular stone-mullioned bay window on the ground floor, a 2-light mullioned window with a cornice on the first floor, and a blind shield above. The third bay includes a gabled porch with a painted finial and a contrasting boarded door, along with a single-light window to the left and a 2-light window with a cornice above.
The right-hand part of the house has a 2-light and a 3-light mullioned window with cornices on the ground floor, along with a similar 3-light window above. There is also a two-storey wing at the rear. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Little 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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