The Gables 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 Gables
- WRENN ID
- high-eave-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1972
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Gables, 55, London Road, Wollaston, NN29 7QP
- OS grid reference
- SP 906 626
- Coordinates
- 52.25448, -0.67409
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gables is a house, dated 1678 as indicated by a datestone, situated on the north side of London Road, Wollaston. The construction utilizes squared coursed limestone with a corrugated asbestos roof. The building follows an L-shaped plan and stands two storeys high with an attic. The principal front features a three-window arrangement of leaded casement windows at the first floor, each with a wooden lintel; two windows on the left have been replaced. A ground-floor window on the left is distinguished by a moulded stone surround. A central, 20th-century door lies to the right of centre, also beneath a wooden lintel. There is evidence of a former central carriage arch. The house has ashlar gable parapets with kneelers and brick and stone stacks at the ridge and end. The right gable bears a datestone. The interior has not been inspected, but may contain remains of open fireplaces.
Local climate
The Gables 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 86% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- 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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