The Well House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1985. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
The Well House
- WRENN ID
- sunken-parapet-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Well House, Byfield Road, Chipping Warden and Edgcote, OX17 1LD
- OS grid reference
- SP 499 488
- Coordinates
- 52.13594, -1.27169
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Well House is a cottage dating from the 16th or 17th century, constructed from coursed ironstone rubble with an artificial stone slate roof and flanking brick stacks. The building is two storeys high and has three bays. The central doorway features a wooden lintel and a 20th-century two-panel door. On either side of the doorway are three-light windows, also with wooden lintels and 20th-century wood casements. The central window on the first floor has two lights under a wooden lintel, with an original moulded wood mullion and an old iron casement. The flanking first-floor windows are two-light, with wooden lintels and 20th-century casements.
Inside, one cruck blade is exposed on the ground floor, while the first floor reveals two blades and tie beams. The ground floor room includes a chamfered spine beam and an open fireplace, which has been partly rebuilt in the 20th century and features a bread oven.
Local climate
The Well House 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 — 2 transactions since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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