26 and 28, Back Lane is a Grade II* listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1976. House.
26 and 28, Back Lane
- WRENN ID
- solitary-tower-twilight
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton South MP: Mike Reader (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- 26 and 28, Back Lane, Hardingstone
- OS grid reference
- SP 766 580
- Coordinates
- 52.21525, -0.87889
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
26 and 28 Back Lane are an unusual and distinguished pair of early 19th century Neoclassical houses. They are constructed of stucco with a Welsh slated roof that is set behind a low parapet. The buildings are two storeys tall and feature a moulded band at the first floor level, along with an entablature at the eaves. There are four sash windows with glazing bars; the central pair of first floor windows is flanked by incised pilasters and topped with cornices on consoles. Each ground floor doorway, located at either end, has a porch in antis supported by Greek Doric columns. The doorways have three-quarter glazed doors beneath rectangular fanlights with arched glazing patterns. The north front includes a trellis verandah along the ground floors of both houses.
Local climate
26 and 28, Back Lane 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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