Alfred East Art Gallery is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1976. Art gallery. 4 related planning applications.
Alfred East Art Gallery
- WRENN ID
- solemn-shingle-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering MP: Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1976
- Type
- Art gallery
- Address
- Alfred East Art Gallery, Sheep Street, NN16 0AN
- OS grid reference
- SP 866 783
- Coordinates
- 52.39603, -0.72749
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Alfred East Art Gallery, built in 1913 by J A Gotch, is a Grade II-listed building designed in a Neoclassical style. Constructed from Weldon stone ashlar, it features a low-pitched roof behind a parapet and is a single storey structure set on a rusticated base. The façade has no windows and showcases a Roman Doric order with half columns at the center of the side elevation, framing the main entrance arch, which is adorned with rusticated chamfered voussoirs and a carved keystone. At either end of the front, pairs of columns frame raised panels and wreaths with garlands.
The main entrance opens onto a small courtyard that contains Kettering's Grade II-listed war memorial, also designed by J A Gotch. A panel listing the names of those who fell in the First World War is located on the end wall of the gallery facing the memorial, with a similar panel added after the Second World War and another for those lost in later conflicts.
The Alfred East Art Gallery is adjacent to and accessible from Kettering's 1904 Grade II-listed public library. Together with the public library, the art gallery, the Alfred East Monument, and the Dryland Fountain, they form a cohesive group of significant structures.
Local climate
Alfred East Art Gallery sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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