Castle Farmhouse and Castle Farm Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Castle Farmhouse and Castle Farm Cottage
- WRENN ID
- night-paling-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Castle Farmhouse and Castle Farm Cottage, A6003, Rockingham, LE16 8TG
- OS grid reference
- SP 865 919
- Coordinates
- 52.51814, -0.72542
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Castle Farmhouse and Castle Farm Cottage is a former farmhouse that has been converted into two dwellings. It features a datestone marked R.E.A.D from 1674 and was restored in the 19th century. The building is constructed from squared coursed ironstone and limestone, topped with a Collyweston slate roof, and has an irregular U-shape. It stands two storeys tall with a main front that has a seven-window range, consisting of two- and three-light stone mullion windows. The central four bays contain 17th-century windows, while the others are likely from the 19th century and include hood moulds. The first and sixth bays project forward as gabled cross wings. To the far right of the central bays is a 19th-century panelled door, which is framed by moulded stone and eared architraves, topped with a pulvinated frieze and a moulded cornice. The building features ashlar gable parapets and ashlar stacks with cornices at the ridge, eaves, and ends. The return wall of the right cross wing has two 17th-century two-light windows, while the elevation to the left of the main front has 19th-century windows. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Castle Farmhouse and Castle Farm Cottage 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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