81, Watling Street West is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1976. House. 2 related planning applications.
81, Watling Street West
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- 81, Watling Street West, Towcester, NN12 6AG
- OS grid reference
- SP 695 483
- Coordinates
- 52.12944, -0.98541
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-18th century house, with a raised 19th-century element. It is built of coursed squared sandstone, with brick to the top storey, and has a concrete tile roof and a brick ridge stack. The house follows a 2-unit plan and has a three-storey, two-window front. The main entrance features a 4-panel door, a stone lintel, and a keyblock. The ground floor has 3-light casement windows, the first floor has 2-light casements, both with stone lintels and keyblocks. The attic floor has 2-light windows with timber lintels. The house includes a plinth and a first-floor storey band. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
81, Watling Street West 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- 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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