Florence Simpson Limited is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1949. House, shop. 3 related planning applications.
Florence Simpson Limited
- WRENN ID
- hidden-barrel-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden MP: Gen Kitchen (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1949
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- Florence Simpson Limited, 22, High Street South, Rushden, NN10 0QX
- OS grid reference
- SP 957 663
- Coordinates
- 52.28715, -0.59793
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Florence Simpson Limited is a house that has been converted into a house and shop, dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed from squared coursed limestone and features a thatched roof. The original layout was a three-unit plan, and the building is single storey with an attic.
The front has a four-window range of leaded casements on the first floor, which are set beneath eyebrow dormers. To the right of the centre, there is a 19th-century shop front that includes 20th-century plate glass windows on either side. A leaded casement window with a wooden lintel is located at the far left. The building has been fitted with rebuilt brick stacks.
To the left, there is a 19th-century one-unit extension that features a cart entrance beneath a wooden lintel, along with a 20th-century shop window and a flat-topped eaves dormer. At the rear, there is a lean-to extension. Inside, some ceiling beams can be seen.
Local climate
Florence Simpson Limited sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction 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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