Bentley's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. House.
Bentley's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- tattered-baluster-ridge
- 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
- Bentley's Farmhouse, Helmdon Road, Sulgrave
- OS grid reference
- SP 558 452
- Coordinates
- 52.10294, -1.18619
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bentley's Farmhouse is a house dating from the late 18th century, with some earlier 18th-century work incorporated. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and has a roof covered by snow at the time of the survey, along with brick stacks. The building has a T-plan, is two storeys high with an attic, and features three bays. The entrance is located in the second bay from the right and consists of a wooden lintel, a four-panel door, and a 20th-century gabled timber porch. To the left, there is a 19th-century bay window with a flat lead roof and wooden casements. The right bay contains a four-light window with a wooden lintel and an old iron casement, while a similar window is found in the left bay. On the first floor, there are four-light casement windows with wooden lintels in the left bay and the second bay from the left, and a three-light window in the right bay. There is a blocked attic window between the right and centre bays. At the rear, there is an extension, likely from the early 18th century, built with similar materials. This extension is one storey with a loft, has two bays, and features a three-light casement window with a wooden lintel in the right bay, along with a blocked window to the left and blocked openings to the loft above. Inside, there is an inglenook fireplace with a small window on the left side and a cupboard with a slatted door and old iron hinges to the right. The interior also includes panelled shutters and 18th-century panelled doors, while the kitchen in the rear wing has a set of chamfered beams.
Local climate
Bentley's Farmhouse 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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