Windhovers is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1987. Vicarage. 5 related planning applications.
Windhovers
- WRENN ID
- kindled-hammer-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1987
- Type
- Vicarage
- Address
- Windhovers, Station Road, Gretton, NN17 3BU
- OS grid reference
- SP 897 943
- Coordinates
- 52.53977, -0.67819
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Windhovers is a vicarage, later converted into a house, dating from around 1830. It is constructed from limestone ashlar with a slate roof. The building follows a double-depth plan and is two storeys high. The main front has a four-window arrangement of sash windows with glazing bars; some windows are tripartite, and all are set within flat stone arches. A six-panel door is located to the left of the centre, framed by a moulded stone arch-head surround and a fanlight with radiating bars. The wall around the door projects forward and returns above the door, incorporating a chamfered plinth. A gabled cross wing extends forward on the far left, while a slight projection with a gable is present to the right of the centre. The shallow gabled roof is finished with ashlar gable parapets, kneelers, and ashlar stacks at the ridge and ends. The garden front mirrors this design. Inside, a staircase features a stick balustrade, and there are marble fireplaces.
Local climate
Windhovers 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 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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