Old Walls Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. A C17/C18 Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Old Walls Cottage
- WRENN ID
- young-paling-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old Walls Cottage, the Green, Culworth, OX17 2BB
- OS grid reference
- SP 542 469
- Coordinates
- 52.1185, -1.209
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Walls Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th or 18th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble that has been whitewashed and features a thatched roof with a central brick stack. The cottage has one storey and an attic, divided into bays. The doorway in the left bay has a wooden lintel and a 20th-century glazed door. To the right, there is a 2-light casement window with a wooden lintel, and a similar 3-light window is located in the right bay. In the attic, there is another 2-light casement window. All the windows are fitted with old iron casements and leaded lights. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Old Walls Cottage 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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 2004
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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