Hillside is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Hillside
- WRENN ID
- carved-groin-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Hillside, Penthorne Close, Cold Higham, NN12 8LL
- OS grid reference
- SP 650 535
- Coordinates
- 52.17669, -1.04965
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hillside is a cottage dating from 1658, with alterations and additions made in the 20th century. It is constructed of coursed squared ironstone with a thatched roof and red brick end stacks. The cottage has a two-unit plan and is arranged over two floors, with a two-window front. A basement or cellar door is located to the right of the centre, featuring a plank door, a pegged wood surround, and a wood lintel. The ground floor has a single-light casement window on the left, a two-light casement on the right, and a small single-light window on the left of the first floor, all with wood lintels. A datestone is positioned in the centre of the first floor, inscribed with the date 1658 and initials IA. Ironstone and limestone quoins are present. The plinth is chamfered on the street elevation. The rear elevation features three-light casement windows with wood lintels. A two-storey extension was added to the left in the 20th century. Inside, the cottage has an ogee-stop-chamfered spine beam, a chamfered spine beam, and an open fireplace with a cambered stop-chamfered bressumer.
Local climate
Hillside 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 77% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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