4 and 5, Spencer Parade is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1968. House. 1 related planning application.
4 and 5, Spencer Parade
- WRENN ID
- upper-gateway-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1968
- Type
- House
- Address
- 4 and 5, Spencer Parade, Northampton, NN1 5AA
- OS grid reference
- SP 759 605
- Coordinates
- 52.23759, -0.88899
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These buildings, numbered 4 and 5 Spencer Parade, were constructed between 1836 and 1841 in a Jacobean style. They are built of stucco, with a Welsh slate roof concealed behind a pierced parapet. The central section is three stories high with a four-window arrangement, while the flanking wings are two stories high with two windows each. Gabled porches, featuring buttresses, are present. Number 5 has been altered, whereas Number 4 retains original details including dripmoulds, pinnacles and shields. Numbers 1 to 8 Spencer Parade form a group value context with Number 1 Cheyne Walk.
Local climate
4 and 5, Spencer Parade 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 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
- 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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