Kightly Building Contractors is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1970. A Georgian House, shop, office. 1 related planning application.
Kightly Building Contractors
- WRENN ID
- fallow-sandstone-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden MP: Gen Kitchen (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1970
- Type
- House, shop, office
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Kightly Building Contractors, High Street, Wellingborough, NN8 4JZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 888 680
- Coordinates
- 52.3035, -0.69769
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kightly Building Contractors, originally a house now serving as a shop and office, dates from the mid 18th century. It is constructed of brick with stone quoins, which are now painted, and features a 20th-century plain-tile roof. The building was originally designed with a two-unit plan and consists of two storeys with an attic and cellar.
The façade has a five-window range, which has been altered to three windows, featuring casements in the original openings under flat arch heads with keyblocks. The central 20th-century door is framed by a 19th-century wooden doorcase that includes plain pilasters and an entablature, accompanied by a flight of steps. To the far right, there is another 20th-century door, and to the left, a 20th-century shop front. A two-light cellar window is located to the right of the main entrance. The building is adorned with a moulded stone cornice and has a pair of dormer windows. The gable parapet is situated to the right, with brick stacks at the ridge and end. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Kightly Building Contractors sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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