W D Wharton is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. House, shop. 1 related planning application.
W D Wharton
- WRENN ID
- sunken-wall-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden MP: Gen Kitchen (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1986
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- W D Wharton, 37, Sheep Street, Wellingborough, NN8 1BS
- OS grid reference
- SP 892 677
- Coordinates
- 52.30083, -0.69306
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, known as W.D. Wharton, is a house and shop constructed in 1886. It is made of brick and has a slate roof. The structure features a single-unit shop with living space above, spanning three storeys and comprising a two-window range. The ground floor has a 19th-century wooden shop front that has been modified in the 20th century. On the first floor, there are large wooden bay windows with curved sides, central arch head lights, and cast iron railings above. The second floor includes a pair of three-light windows set in half dormers, each topped with moulded stone pediments. The building also has moulded stone string courses and a cornice, with brick stacks at either end. The plaster panels in the pediments display the date and the inscription, "This is the house that Jack built." This building was originally built for J. Wallis, the landlord of the nearby Hind Hotel, and is included for its group value.
Local climate
W D Wharton 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 86% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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