Little House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.

Little House

WRENN ID
secret-alcove-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Northamptonshire
Constituency
Kettering MP: Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1987
Type
House
Address
Little House, Pipewell, Kettering, Rushton, NN14 1QZ
OS grid reference
SP 839 857
Coordinates
52.46316, -0.76545
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Little House is a house dating from the mid-18th century, which was remodeled in the mid-19th century for the Pipewell Hall estate. It is constructed of regularly coursed limestone and has a concrete tile roof. The building originally had a two-unit plan and is two stories high. It features a three-window range with 19th-century diamond panes and cast iron glazing bars, all set under wooden lintels. There is a canted 20th-century door also under a wooden lintel, and a brick stack at one end. At the rear, there is a 19th-century lean-to. Although the interior has not been inspected, it may still contain remnants of an open fireplace. Little House is part of a group of houses that were upgraded by the Pipewell Hall estate in the early 19th century, and it is included in the listing for its group value.

Local climate

Little House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
  • 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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