The Laurels is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Laurels
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-cupola-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Laurels, High Street, Culworth, OX17 2AZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 543 469
- Coordinates
- 52.1179, -1.20771
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laurels is a house from the 18th century that was refronted in the 19th century. It features a rendered facade and sides, with an old tile roof and one stone stack on each side. The building has two storeys and an attic, arranged in three bays. The central doorway has a plain stucco frame and a moulded hood, leading to a six-panel part-glazed door. There is a 19th-century canted bay window on either side of the entrance. A stringcourse runs at the first-floor level, where sash windows with moulded stone frames are located. The building has a moulded stucco parapet and coped gable ends, along with a central dormer that has a flat roof and a two-light wood casement. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Laurels 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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