49-53, Sheep Street is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1952. Commercial building. 2 related planning applications.
49-53, Sheep Street
- WRENN ID
- muted-facade-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1952
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 49-53, Sheep Street, Northampton, NN1 2NE
- OS grid reference
- SP 753 608
- Coordinates
- 52.24094, -0.89841
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 49 to 53 on Sheep Street are 18th-century buildings constructed of ashlar with a tiled roof. They rise three storeys and feature a plinth, floor bands, and quoins on the right side and between Nos 49 and 51. The facade includes seven sash windows with glazing bars set in nearly flush frames, all positioned under lintels and keystones. Each entrance has panelled doors with reveals and plain surrounds, and there is a cornice above the doorway of No 51. These buildings are part of a group that includes Nos 41 to 57.
Local climate
49-53, Sheep Street 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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