The Old Fox is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1987. Public house. 14 related planning applications.
The Old Fox
- WRENN ID
- secret-mortar-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1987
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Old Fox, High Street, Gretton, NN17 3DE
- OS grid reference
- SP 899 943
- Coordinates
- 52.53991, -0.67492
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Fox is a public house, later converted into a house, dating to the middle of the 18th century with later 19th-century additions. It is constructed of squared coursed ironstone and limestone with a 20th-century plain tile roof. Originally, the building comprised three distinct units. It has two storeys and a 3-window front, featuring casement windows with wood lintels; some of these windows have glazing bars. A 20th-century stone porch is located to the right of the centre. There are stone stacks at the ridge and end of the building. Inside, the central room retains a chamfered spine beam and an open fireplace with a bressumer. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
The Old Fox 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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 — 7 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 14 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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