The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1985. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- keen-crypt-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Old House, Holcot Road, Walgrave, NN6 9QN
- OS grid reference
- SP 799 719
- Coordinates
- 52.33969, -0.82863
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house, likely dating from the mid-17th century. It is constructed of regularly coursed lias stone and features a 20th-century plain tiled roof. The building originally had an L-shaped plan and consists of two storeys with a four-window range of 20th-century casements that have leaded lights beneath wooden lintels. The cross wing to the right has ashlar gable parapets with kneelers at different levels, and there are brick stacks located at the ridge and the end of the building. A 20th-century entrance is situated at the rear, which also has an inscribed tablet with decoration that is now illegible. Inside, the ground floor features chamfered and stopped ceiling beams, and the central room includes a 17th-century moulded stone fireplace surround.
Local climate
The Old House 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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