Boundary Wall from Number 88 Watling Street (The Chantry House) to Amen Corner is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1976. Wall. 2 related planning applications.
Boundary Wall from Number 88 Watling Street (The Chantry House) to Amen Corner
- WRENN ID
- crooked-pediment-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1976
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Boundary Wall from Number 88 Watling Street (The Chantry House) to Amen Corner, Moat Lane, Towcester
- OS grid reference
- SP 693 486
- Coordinates
- 52.13221, -0.98795
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The boundary wall from number 88 Watling Street, known as The Chantry House, to Amen Corner is of late medieval origin but has been significantly rebuilt at various times since. It is constructed from coursed limestone and ironstone rubble, topped with ridged ironstone coping. The wall stands approximately 2 metres high and extends about 50 metres in length. It runs from the rear left corner of The Chantry House along Church Lane to Amen Corner. This wall is included for its group value.
Local climate
Boundary Wall from Number 88 Watling Street (The Chantry House) to Amen Corner 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- 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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