1, ABINGTON STREET (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1968. Shop. 2 related planning applications.
1, ABINGTON STREET (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- moated-cornice-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1968
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- 1, ABINGTON STREET (See details for further address information), 22 and 23, Market Square, Northampton, NN1 2DF
- OS grid reference
- SP 755 605
- Coordinates
- 52.23786, -0.89553
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 22 and 23 on Market Square, located on the east side, are buildings dating from 1677 that have been carefully repaired and restored, with some parts reconstructed in facsimile. The ground floor features a modern shop front, while the first floor is finished with plaster facing. The windows are casement style, set within eared architrave surrounds that are linked by decorative swags and paterae. The buildings have a hipped roof covered with Welsh slate. This listing also includes No. 1 Abington Street.
Local climate
1, ABINGTON STREET (See details for further address information) 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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- 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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