Castle Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
Castle Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- unlit-chimney-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Castle Farmhouse, Main Street, Overthorpe, OX17 2AD
- OS grid reference
- SP 483 407
- Coordinates
- 52.06335, -1.29653
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Castle Farmhouse is a house dating from around 1700. It is built of squared coursed ironstone and limestone, topped with an artificial stone slate roof, and features brick and stone stacks. The house has two storeys, an attic, and a cellar, with a three-bay front.
On the ground floor, there is a two-light cellar window, which is partially blocked, located in the right bay. The central doorway has a stone lintel, panelled reveals, and a six-panel part-glazed door. To the left, there is a 19th-century bay window, and to the right, a three-light casement window with a wooden lintel. The left bay also features a similar three-light casement window. On the first floor, there are similar windows in the left and right bays, with a two-light casement window with a wooden lintel in the centre. The right gable end is coped and has kneelers.
To the left is a lower extension from the 18th century, built with similar materials. This extension has two storeys and two bays, with three-light wooden casement windows and wooden lintels. Inside, the farmhouse features stop-chamfered spine beams and a semi-circular bread oven that projects from the main house into the left extension.
Local climate
Castle Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 2 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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