Kendal House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1987. House. 8 related planning applications.

Kendal House

WRENN ID
fading-parapet-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1987
Type
House
Address
Kendal House, 7, High Street, Blakesley, NN12 8RE
OS grid reference
SP 624 501
Coordinates
52.1461, -1.08815
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kendal House is an early 18th-century house with alterations from the 19th century. The house is constructed of coursed squared ironstone with a slate roof, blue brick ridge tiles, and end stacks on stone bases. It has a three-unit plan and a five-window front. The central doorway has six panels, a wooden lintel, a straight hood on brackets, and is approached by three stone steps. Two canted bay windows are situated to the right of centre, featuring horned sashes. Other windows are horned sash windows to both the ground and first floors, all with wooden lintels. A four-light, chamfered stone mullion window is in the cellar to the left of the door. Quoins are visible on the three 19th-century gabled dormer windows. A long, two-storey wing extends to the rear left.

Inside, notable features include ogee-stop-chamfered spine beams, an open fireplace with an ogee-stop-chamfered bressumer, an open-well staircase from the ground floor to the attic with serpentine splat balusters, a fitted cupboard with a semi-domed head, and a stone cellar. The building is believed to have originally been a coaching inn, known as the 'Red Lion', and later served as a malting house and corn chandlers premises in the 19th century.

Local climate

Kendal House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
  • Related listed building consents — 8 applications
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  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
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