98/98a, Watling Street East is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1987. Commercial. 2 related planning applications.

98/98a, Watling Street East

WRENN ID
tangled-wattle-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1987
Type
Commercial
Address
98/98a, Watling Street East, Towcester, NN12 6BT
OS grid reference
SP 693 487
Coordinates
52.13241, -0.98864
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building, located at 98/98A Watling Street East in Towcester, is a pair of shops dating from the 17th century, which were refronted in the early 19th century. The structure is made of rendered brick with a slate roof and features brick end stacks. It has a two-unit plan and stands two stories high with a two-window range. The ground floor showcases 19th-century shop fronts, with a door to the shop on the left flanked by Doric pillars. The first floor is adorned with Ionic pilasters at the center and ends. There are two bay windows with rounded corners, featuring 16-pane sash windows at the front and 8-pane curved sashes on the sides, topped with a moulded cornice. The building also has an entablature and a parapet with concrete slab coping. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

98/98a, Watling Street East 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • Radon risk assessment
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