The Beeches is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Beeches
- WRENN ID
- broken-loft-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Beeches, Banbury Road, Chacombe, OX17 2JT
- OS grid reference
- SP 490 437
- Coordinates
- 52.0903, -1.28515
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Beeches is a cottage dating from the 18th century, with a one-bay extension added to the right in the 19th century. It is constructed of uncoursed limestone and ironstone rubble, topped with a thatched roof and featuring brick stacks. The building has two storeys and three bays.
On the ground floor, there is a 19th-century bay window in the center with wooden casements and a flat lead roof. To the left, there is a window with a wooden lintel and a 20th-century two-light wooden casement. The left bay has a three-light window with a wooden lintel, original wooden mullion, and iron casement. The division between the two sections of the building is marked by squared quoins. The right bay contains a three-light casement window with a wooden lintel, and a similar window on the first floor has an iron casement. A datestone from 1831 is located to the right. Other first-floor windows are 19th-century, featuring two lights with wooden casements and wooden lintels. The entrance is located at the rear.
Inside, the building was remodeled in the 20th century and features stop-chamfered spine beams.
Local climate
The Beeches 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
- 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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