The Old Bakehouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1954. House.
The Old Bakehouse
- WRENN ID
- tall-transept-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1954
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Bakehouse, 8, Lower Harlestone
- OS grid reference
- SP 704 646
- Coordinates
- 52.27519, -0.96853
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Bakehouse is a house dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of squared coursed lias and features a thatched roof. The building has a three-unit plan and stands two storeys high with an attic. The front has a two-window range of casements that include leaded lights and wood lintels.
The entrance on the left has a plank door with a wood lintel, while the second entrance on the right features a 19th-century four-panelled door and a 19th-century porch attached to a single-storey projection with a catslide roof. The gable ends have ashlar parapets with kneelers. A central 19th-century roof dormer displays half-timbering and render, and there are brick and stone stacks at the ridge and end of the roof.
To the left, there is a 19th-century barn attached to the house. The side and rear elevations include two-light stone mullions. This building was formerly a baker's house.
Local climate
The Old Bakehouse 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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