The Laurels is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1972. House. 1 related planning application.
The Laurels
- WRENN ID
- lone-brick-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1972
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Laurels, 68, High Street, Ecton, NN6 0QB
- OS grid reference
- SP 828 633
- Coordinates
- 52.26192, -0.7876
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laurels is a mid-18th century house located on the west side of Ecton High Street. It is constructed of squared coursed lias stone with a slate roof, and follows a three-unit plan. The house has two storeys and a three-window front. The windows are casements, with those on the first floor having glazing bars; all are set beneath wooden lintels. There is a gable parapet to the right, where the house abuts an adjacent property, and remains of kneelers are visible to the left. Brick stacks are positioned at the ridge and end of the building. The rear elevation is similar, featuring a central 19th-century four-panelled door and a 19th-century stone lean-to on the far left. The interior was not inspected, but some ground floor rooms are noted to contain panelled shutters.
Local climate
The Laurels 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
- 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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