Druids is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1988. House.

Druids

WRENN ID
sacred-turret-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Northamptonshire
Constituency
Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1988
Type
House
Address
Druids, 13, Upper Benefield
OS grid reference
SP 974 893
Coordinates
52.49318, -0.56551
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Druids is a house dated 1791, with extensions from the mid 19th century and 20th century. It is built of squared coursed limestone and features a roof made of 20th-century artificial slate and pantiles. The original design was a two-unit plan and the house has two storeys. The front has a two-window range of casements with glazing bars on the first floor, and 19th-century style casements on the ground floor, all set beneath wooden lintels. There is a central 20th-century door with a stone porch. Brick and ashlar stacks are located at both ends of the building. Above the door, there is a datestone on a plaque featuring a diamond center panel. To the left, there is a single-storey 19th-century extension with a pantile roof, along with further extensions to the rear from the 19th and 20th centuries. The interior has not been inspected, but it is noted to have remains of an open fireplace. The building is included for its group value.

Local climate

Druids 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 85% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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