22 and 24, Wappenham Road is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
22 and 24, Wappenham Road
- WRENN ID
- dark-chalk-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 22 and 24, Wappenham Road, Helmdon
- OS grid reference
- SP 589 440
- Coordinates
- 52.09136, -1.14114
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
22 and 24 Wappenham Road are two cottages dating from the 18th century. They are constructed of coursed limestone rubble with a shingle roof, featuring brick and stone ridge stacks, as well as a brick end stack on a stone base. The cottages are two stories high and have a five-window range.
No. 22 has a gabled slate-roofed stone porch with a four-panel door that has a timber lintel. There are small circular windows with stone surrounds on either side of the porch. On either side of the porch, there are three-light casement windows with timber lintels and hood moulds. The first floor features two-light casements with timber lintels, except for the window on the left, which is a two-light chamfered stone mullion window with a hood mould and a stone-coped gable to the right.
No. 24 has a 19th-century plank door in a moulded wood surround with a timber lintel, flanked by three-light casements with timber lintels, one of which has a hood mould. The first floor includes a two-light chamfered stone mullion window on the right with a hood mould and a two-light casement with a timber lintel on the left.
Inside No. 22, there are stop-chamfered spine beams and an open fireplace with a bar stop-chamfered bressumer and a bread oven.
Local climate
22 and 24, Wappenham Road sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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