Cottage Approximately 50 Metres East of Chacombe Priory is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1969. Cottage.
Cottage Approximately 50 Metres East of Chacombe Priory
- WRENN ID
- sharp-lead-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1969
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- SP 488 439
- Coordinates
- 52.09146, -1.28808
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This cottage, now used as a garden shed, is located approximately 50 meters east of Chacombe Priory. It dates from the 18th century but includes elements from the 13th and 16th centuries. The building is constructed from uncoursed limestone and ironstone rubble, topped with a thatched roof and featuring a brick stack. It is two storeys high and has two bays.
The doorway in the right bay features a 16th-century four-centred stone arch with an inscription dating to 1591, likely added in the 18th or 19th century. There is a similar blocked doorway in the left bay. On the ground floor, there is a plain 13th-century lancet window on the right side, and above it, a 19th-century wood casement window. The rear wall has diagonal buttresses at each corner, with central ground-floor windows that have wood lintels and no glazing. The left side of the building is not accessible for inspection.
Inside, the first-floor joists date from the 18th to 19th centuries, while the chamfered main beam is probably older. The cottage is said to incorporate remains of the priory and was converted into a cottage ornee in the 18th century.
Local climate
Cottage Approximately 50 Metres East of Chacombe Priory 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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