The Old Packhorse is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1988. House, public house. 10 related planning applications.
The Old Packhorse
- WRENN ID
- deep-wicket-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1988
- Type
- House, public house
- Address
- The Old Packhorse, 1, High Street, Yardley Gobion, NN12 7UB
- OS grid reference
- SP 765 447
- Coordinates
- 52.09616, -0.88405
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Packhorse is a house, originally a public house, dating from the mid to late 18th century. It is located on the north side of High Street, Yardley Gobion. The building is constructed of coursed squared limestone, with a slate roof and brick end stacks. It has two storeys and an attic, with a 3-window front. The building consists of three rooms arranged in a unit plan. The central entrance features a panelled, part-glazed door with a flat arched lintel, a keyblock, and a hood on brackets. There are three-light casement windows to the ground and first floors on either side, and a similar two-light casement window above the door. All windows have flat arched lintels and keyblocks. Features include a plinth, quoins, a storey band, and chamfered stone eaves. 19th-century brick extensions are present at the rear. The interior includes chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, an open fireplace with a chamfered bressumer, and a stone cellar. The building operated as a public house until 1956.
Local climate
The Old Packhorse 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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