The Boxes is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1987. Farmhouse.
The Boxes
- WRENN ID
- winding-spire-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Boxes, Main Street, Slapton
- OS grid reference
- SP 643 469
- Coordinates
- 52.11682, -1.0622
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Boxes is a farmhouse dated 1693, which was remodeled in the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed of coursed squared limestone, partly banded with ironstone, and has a rendered finish. The roof is hipped and covered with slate, and there are rendered brick lateral stacks. The building features a central-staircase plan and is three stories tall with a three-window range. The central entrance consists of a six-panel double-leaf door with an overlight, all set within a moulded rendered surround. The ground and first floors have 12-pane sash windows, while the attic floor has 9-pane sashes, all with moulded rendered surrounds. There are sill bands and deep bracketed eaves. A datestone inscribed I/RM/1693 is re-set in the blank central first-floor rear window. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Boxes 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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