Carey House is a Grade II* listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1950. A C18 House. 4 related planning applications.
Carey House
- WRENN ID
- small-stair-furze
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering MP: Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- Carey House, 42, Lower Street, NN16 8DJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 865 789
- Coordinates
- 52.40134, -0.72946
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Carey House is an 18th-century building made of Northamptonshire sandstone, which has been refaced with stucco. It features a Collyweston slate roof with three hipped dormers situated behind a parapet and cornice. The house has two storeys and attics, with a first-floor band. There are seven sash windows that include glazing bars and keystones. The central entrance consists of a six-panelled door and a fanlight with glazing bars, framed by Doric half columns, entablatures, and an open pediment. The building has a plinth and three stone chimney stacks with mouldings. Inside, some original panelling remains, along with 18th-century chimneypieces and a staircase from the late 18th or early 19th century. A plaque on the building commemorates that the Baptist Missionary Society was founded here in 1792 by William Carey of Leicester.
Local climate
Carey House 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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