Alley Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1987. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Alley Farmhouse

WRENN ID
silent-keystone-grove
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
Farmhouse
Address
Alley Farmhouse, 30, Drayton Road, Lowick, NN14 3BG
OS grid reference
SP 972 807
Coordinates
52.41583, -0.571
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Alley Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the mid-18th century, which was remodelled in the early to mid-19th century. It is built of squared coursed limestone and has a pantile roof. The original layout was a two-unit plan, and the building stands two storeys high with an attic, featuring a three-window range. The central entrance has a 19th-century panelled and part-glazed door, which is sheltered by a wooden porch also from the 19th century. The first floor has sash windows with glazing bars and wood lintels, while the ground floor windows have stone lintels, all adorned with ashlar dressings. There are two roof dormers with plain casements and brick stacks at each end of the building. To the left of the entrance, there is evidence of a blocked door with a gauged stone head. The rear elevation includes a 19th-century extension. Inside, there is an early 19th-century staircase featuring a stick balustrade.

Local climate

Alley Farmhouse 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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