56a and 56b, Sheep Street is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1968. House.

56a and 56b, Sheep Street

WRENN ID
swift-hall-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1968
Type
House
Address
56a and 56b, Sheep Street, Northampton
OS grid reference
SP 753 608
Coordinates
52.24078, -0.89797
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

56A and 56B on Sheep Street are 17th century buildings with later additions. They are constructed from ashlar stone and feature an interlocking tiled roof with a stone cornice. The buildings are two storeys high and have six sash windows. There is also a shop front.

Local climate

56a and 56b, Sheep Street 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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