78, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1954. House. 7 related planning applications.
78, High Street
- WRENN ID
- bitter-groin-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1954
- Type
- House
- Address
- 78, High Street, Ecton, NN6 0QB
- OS grid reference
- SP 828 632
- Coordinates
- 52.26143, -0.78756
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-18th century house located on the west side of Ecton High Street. It is constructed of regular coursed lias stone with a 20th-century concrete tile roof. The house follows a T-shaped plan and has two storeys plus an attic. The front facade features a symmetrical two-window range with casement windows, each containing glazing bars and set beneath flat arch heads. Brick stacks are positioned at the ends of the building. A projecting wing at the rear incorporates a 20th-century lean-to porch located in the angle. The rear elevation contains 19th and 20th-century casement windows, some of which are set under wooden lintels. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
78, High Street 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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 2007
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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