No 2 (Top Farm) and No 4 is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1972. Houses. 2 related planning applications.
No 2 (Top Farm) and No 4
- WRENN ID
- fading-timber-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1972
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- No 2 (Top Farm) and No 4, Harrowden Road, Orlingbury, NN14 1JB
- OS grid reference
- SP 860 722
- Coordinates
- 52.34127, -0.7384
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two houses, likely built in the early and late 18th century, stand on Harrowden Road in Orlingbury. The houses are constructed from regular coursed limestone, with some ironstone banding, and have thatched roofs. Originally, Number 2 comprised a three-unit plan, while Number 4 had a single-unit plan. Together, they present a four-window facade of casement windows with glazing bars, each set beneath a wooden lintel. A wood canted bay with a stone base is located at the far right of Number 2. A 20th-century door, also beneath a wooden lintel, sits in the centre of the facade. The left-hand side features an ashlar gable parapet, and there are stone stacks with ashlar cornices on the ridge. Number 4 includes a 20th-century entrance with a glazed porch on its left gable, along with evidence of 18th-century heightening of the gable.
Local climate
No 2 (Top Farm) and No 4 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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