193b, 195 and 195a, Watling Street West is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1976. House and shops.
193b, 195 and 195a, Watling Street West
- WRENN ID
- watchful-lime-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1976
- Type
- House and shops
- Address
- 193b, 195 and 195a, Watling Street West, Towcester, NN12 6BX
- OS grid reference
- SP 692 487
- Coordinates
- 52.13249, -0.98942
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 193B, 195, and 195A on Watling Street West are a house and shops dating from the late 16th century to early 17th century. The building is timber-framed with end walls made of coursed squared ironstone and features an old plain-tile roof with brick stacks at each end. It has two storeys and an attic, with a two-window range. The ground floor has 20th-century shop fronts on either side of a passage leading to the rear. The first floor features two canted bay windows and close studded framing, which was originally jettied. There are also two roof dormers.
Local climate
193b, 195 and 195a, Watling Street West 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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