Pear Tree Cottage and Attached Outbuilding to Left is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1987. A C18 House, outbuilding. 4 related planning applications.

Pear Tree Cottage and Attached Outbuilding to Left

WRENN ID
tired-forge-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Northamptonshire
Constituency
Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 July 1987
Type
House, outbuilding
Address
Pear Tree Cottage and Attached Outbuilding to Left, Robbs Lane, Lowick, NN14 3BE
OS grid reference
SP 976 807
Coordinates
52.41611, -0.56526
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pear Tree Cottage is a house with an attached outbuilding, dating from the 1740s, with later alterations in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. A datestone inscribed "E/JA/1747" indicates the original construction date, although the front facade was altered in the late 18th century. The house is built of squared coursed limestone, while the outbuilding is partly timber-framed. It has a Collyweston and Welsh slate roof.

The cottage is originally a two-unit plan and has three storeys. The front elevation features a two-window range of 20th-century casement windows set within late 18th-century sash window openings, all under wooden lintels. A central 20th-century casement window is located on the second floor. The central entrance has a six-panel, part-glazed door, also under a wooden lintel, and is sheltered by an arched hood. The front is finished with an ashlar gable parapet, and brick stacks are at the ends. The front roof was raised in the early 19th century. The attached outbuilding to the left has a central 20th-century door under a wooden lintel and retains remains of an ashlar gable parapet to the left. The rear wall is constructed of close-studded timber framing with brick infill.

The interior was not inspected, but it is noted to contain remains of an open fireplace with a bressumer. An ancient espalier pear tree stands on the gable end.

Local climate

Pear Tree Cottage and Attached Outbuilding to Left 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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  • Sale history — 10 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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  • Flood risk assessment
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