4, Northampton Road is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1988. Cottage.
4, Northampton Road
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-hearth-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 4, Northampton Road, Roade
- OS grid reference
- SP 760 517
- Coordinates
- 52.159, -0.89043
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 4 Northampton Road is a cottage dating from the 18th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features a thatched roof, along with brick stacks at the ends and internally. The building has an L-shaped plan and is two stories high with a two-window range.
To the left of the projecting wing, there is a plank door with a wooden lintel that extends over a three-light casement window. On the first floor to the left, there is a two-light casement window with a wooden lintel set in an eyebrow dormer. There is also a single-storey extension to the left with a lean-to roof. The projecting wing on the right side has a three-light casement window on the ground floor to the left, a one-light window on the ground floor gable end facing the street, and a two-light window on the first floor of the gable. Inside, the cottage features chamfered spine beams.
Local climate
4, Northampton Road 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 83% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2007
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