Swan Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Swan Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- ancient-chapel-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Swan Farmhouse, High Street, Preston Capes, NN11 3TB
- OS grid reference
- SP 576 545
- Coordinates
- 52.18605, -1.15854
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Swan Farmhouse, formerly known as The Swan Public House, is a farmhouse dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of red brick with tile roofs and features brick end stacks. The building has a double-depth plan and stands two storeys tall with an attic, presenting a three-window range.
The façade includes a round-arched doorway with a 20th-century door to the left of a canted bay window, which sits on a dressed stone base. The bay window has a tripartite sash window at the front, consisting of a 12-pane sash in the middle section and 4-pane sashes on the sides, along with 8-pane sashes on either side and a tile roof above. On the first floor, there are wood mullion and transom windows flanking a blocked window. The building features a plinth and a storey band.
To the left side, there is a lean-to extension, while the gable ends on the right side are painted and have two blocked windows with segmental heads on the ground floor of the back range. The first floor has two 12-pane sashes, and both gables include circular attic windows positioned below the end stacks. Inside, the farmhouse has stop-chamfered spine beams.
Local climate
Swan Farmhouse receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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