Barn and Stable Approximately 40 Metres South of Number 23 is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1976. Barn and stable.
Barn and Stable Approximately 40 Metres South of Number 23
- WRENN ID
- odd-postern-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1976
- Type
- Barn and stable
- OS grid reference
- SP 692 486
- Coordinates
- 52.13181, -0.99044
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a former barn and stables located approximately 40 metres south of Number 23 on Park Street in Towcester. It dates from the 18th century and has been altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. The structure is made of coursed squared ironstone and features slate roofs, forming an L-plan. The building has an irregular arrangement of 19th and 20th-century casement windows. Notable architectural details include quoins, hollow-chamfered stone eaves, and stone-coped gables with kneelers. The end wall of the stable is constructed of brick. Inside, the barn boasts a 7-bay king-post roof with struts to the principal rafters and raking struts.
Local climate
Barn and Stable Approximately 40 Metres South of Number 23 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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