The Croft is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Croft
- WRENN ID
- quiet-parapet-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Croft, 23, Kings Lane, Flore, NN7 4LQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 647 601
- Coordinates
- 52.23556, -1.05353
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Croft is a house dating from the late 17th century, constructed from coursed squared ironstone with a plain tile roof and brick stacks at the ends and ridge. It features a two-unit lobby entry plan, stands two storeys tall with an attic, and has a three-window range. A 20th-century door and porch are located to the left of the center, with a two-light casement window to the left that has a stone surround, although part of it has broken away on the right side. To the right, there is a three-light casement window that replaces a mullion, featuring moulded stone jambs, a stop-chamfered lintel, and a hood mould. On the first floor, there is a small central blocked window, a one-light casement above the door, and two-light casements to the left and right, all with timber lintels, except for the right window which has a stone lintel from a former small two-light stone mullioned window. At the rear, there is a two-storey outshut. The house has quoins and stone-coped gables with kneelers. There are also 20th-century single-storey extensions to the left and right. Inside, the property features an open fireplace with a cambered chamfered bressumer, stop-chamfered spine beams, and a stone-flagged floor.
Local climate
The Croft 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 77% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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