Sawyer's Almshouses is a Grade II* listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1950. Almshouse. 3 related planning applications.
Sawyer's Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- western-vault-rush
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering MP: Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1950
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Sawyer's Almshouses, 1-3, Sheep Street, NN15 7HQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 866 782
- Coordinates
- 52.39561, -0.72814
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sawyer's Almshouses, dating to 1688, comprise three originally six almshouses founded by Edmund Sawyer, a London merchant and Lord of the Manor. The building is constructed from coursed rubble with a stone slate roof and stone-coped side elevation gables. Originally two storeys with attics featuring a steeply pitched thatched roof and six dormers, the building is now two storeys. There are six casement windows; the ground floor features double lights with stone mullions under dripmouldings, and lattice glazing. The first floor has glazing bars. The building has four stone chimneystacks with moulded bands.
Local climate
Sawyer's Almshouses 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 84% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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