Dormer Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. House. 1 related planning application.

Dormer Cottage

WRENN ID
veiled-entrance-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 April 1987
Type
House
Address
Dormer Cottage, Main Street, Whilton, NN11 2NN
OS grid reference
SP 635 647
Coordinates
52.27742, -1.06983
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dormer Cottage is a house dated 1689, constructed from coursed squared ironstone with a pantile roof and a central rendered ridge stack. It features a 2-unit plan, is two storeys tall with an attic, and has a three-window range. The front includes a 20th-century glazed door to the left, which is set within a 20th-century greenhouse/conservatory, and a 20th-century window to the right of the door. There is a small square window with a chamfered stone surround located centrally on both the ground and first floors. To the right of center, a two-light casement window has replaced a former door, and a two-light chamfered mullion window is positioned at the far right. On the first floor, there are two-light casement windows with timber lintels on the left and right. The roof has two gabled dormers, and the gables are stone-coped with kneelers. A datestone inscribed "TM/1689" is found on the right gable. Inside, the cottage features bar-stop-chamfered spine beams and joists, an open fireplace with a chamfered bressumer, and a fitted corner cupboard with shaped shelves.

Local climate

Dormer Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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