Valenciennes Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1969. House. 1 related planning application.
Valenciennes Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- tall-moat-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1969
- Type
- House
- Address
- Valenciennes Farmhouse, 54, Main Road, Middleton Cheney, OX17 2LT
- OS grid reference
- SP 503 418
- Coordinates
- 52.07241, -1.26675
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Valenciennes Farmhouse is a house dating from around 1690. It is constructed from squared coursed limestone and features an artificial stone slate roof with brick stacks. The building has two storeys and an attic, with a total of four bays.
The doorway, located in the second bay from the right, has a wooden lintel and is fitted with a 20th-century part-glazed door and a 20th-century stone porch. To the right of the doorway, there is a one-light window with a moulded stone frame. To the left, a two-light window with a stone mullion and moulded stone frame is present, along with a similar three-light window in the left bay. The first floor features similar two-light windows, with a one-light window situated above the doorway.
On the right side of the farmhouse, there is a five-light window with stone mullions, a moulded stone frame, and a moulded hood on the ground floor. A similar two-light window is found on the first floor, along with a one-light window in the attic. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Valenciennes Farmhouse 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 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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