Lilac Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1988. House. 3 related planning applications.

Lilac Cottage

WRENN ID
rooted-sill-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Northamptonshire
Constituency
Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 October 1988
Type
House
Address
Lilac Cottage, Laundry Road, Apethorpe, PE8 5DQ
OS grid reference
TL 023 956
Coordinates
52.54947, -0.49254
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lilac Cottage is a 17th-century house located on Laundry Road in Apethorpe. It is constructed from squared coursed limestone and features a Collyweston slate roof, with an L-shaped plan. The front elevation facing Laundry Road has a two-window range of 19th-century casement windows set under wooden lintels, along with a blocked fire window on the far left. There is a brick and stone chimney stack at the end of the building. The right gable has similar casement windows, while the rear elevation mirrors this with two plank doors beneath a rustic porch. Above the porch, there is an eaves dormer. Although the interior was not inspected, it is noted to have an open fireplace with a bressumer.

Local climate

Lilac Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2007
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
  • 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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