Cats Yard is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Cottage.
Cats Yard
- WRENN ID
- sunken-clay-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Cats Yard, A43, Silverstone
- OS grid reference
- SP 672 437
- Coordinates
- 52.08846, -1.02061
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cat's Yard is a cottage dated 1780, constructed from coursed squared limestone with a corrugated asbestos roof and brick end stacks. It features a 2-unit plan and is two stories high with a two-window range. The main front faces south and includes a central 20th-century door set in a moulded wood surround, topped with a straight hood supported by brackets. On either side of the door are three-light casement windows. The first floor has two-light casements with timber lintels, positioned beside a central datestone inscribed with L/IF/1780. Inside, the cottage has chamfered spine beams and an open fireplace with a chamfered bressumer.
Local climate
Cats Yard 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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