The Laurels is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1988. Farmhouse.

The Laurels

WRENN ID
still-rampart-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Northamptonshire
Constituency
Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 March 1988
Type
Farmhouse
Address
The Laurels, Main Street, Wakerley
OS grid reference
SP 950 995
Coordinates
52.58576, -0.5991
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Laurels is a farmhouse dating from the late 18th century to the early 19th century, with some mid-19th century elements. It is constructed of squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings and features a Collyweston slate roof. Originally, the building likely had a two-unit plan, but it has been altered to a double depth and stands two storeys tall with an attic.

The main front displays a two-window range of tripartite sash windows with glazing bars, set beneath gauged stone heads with keyblocks. The building has ashlar quoins, ashlar gable parapets, kneelers, and a central ashlar stack. The left gable features one sash window with glazing bars, while the right gable has mid-19th century wooden bay windows with casement windows above. To the right of the main entrance, there is a mid-19th century part-glazed door, accompanied by stones with carved lettering set in the surround. The mid-19th century range at the rear includes casement windows with gauged stone surrounds. Although the interior has not been inspected, it is noted to have a spine passage with stone flagged floor.

Local climate

The Laurels 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 81% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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