Priory Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Priory Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- lesser-stronghold-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Priory Farmhouse, Sulgrave Road, Helmdon, NN13 5QQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 586 439
- Coordinates
- 52.09069, -1.14515
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Priory Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble with ironstone dressings and features a slate roof. The building has a massive stone ridge stack with four diagonal brick flues and an end stack with a pair of square brick flues. The layout is a 4-unit plan, and the farmhouse is two stories high with a four-window range.
The principal front faces the garden and includes a part-glazed door to the left of center, which has a chamfered stone surround with a four-centred arched head, cut spandrels, and a hood mould. This door is flanked by large three-light casement windows with timber lintels. There is a central three-light ovolo stone mullion window with a hood mould, and to the right, there is a square window with a timber lintel. A similar stone window is located on the first floor to the right, while the first floor center and left feature three-light casements, and there is a two-light casement above the door, all with timber lintels.
Inside, the farmhouse has chamfered spine beams and a blocked stone chimney with a four-centred arch head and overmantel.
Local climate
Priory Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2020
- 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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