Torquemeters Limited is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1985. Commercial premises.
Torquemeters Limited
- WRENN ID
- broken-tin-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1985
- Type
- Commercial premises
- Address
- Torquemeters Limited, 8, the High Street, Ravensthorpe
- OS grid reference
- SP 668 702
- Coordinates
- 52.32631, -1.02013
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Torquemeters Limited is a house that has been converted into commercial premises. It dates from the mid-17th century and has undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of squared coursed lias and cob, topped with a corrugated metal roof. Originally, it likely had a two-unit plan with two bays of stables on the far right.
The building is two storeys high, with a yard-facing elevation that features a three-window range. On the left, there is one 19th-century casement window under a wooden lintel, while to the right are two hayloft doors, also under wooden lintels. The ground floor has two similar casements and a central set of 20th-century double doors. There is a part-glazed door on the far right, also under a wooden lintel. The far left bay projects forward beneath a catslide roof. The building has ashlar gable parapets and a brick stack at the ridge. Above the central doors, there is an illegible tablet with a moulded cornice. The left gable facing the road is similar, featuring a 20th-century door and casements under a wooden lintel. The rear wall is partially rendered cob. Although the interior has not been inspected, the left room is noted to have an open fireplace with a bressumer, a chamfered ceiling beam, and wall panelling.
Local climate
Torquemeters Limited sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% 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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