The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. House. 6 related planning applications.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- empty-gallery-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old House, 35, Wappenham Road, Helmdon, NN13 5QA
- OS grid reference
- SP 589 440
- Coordinates
- 52.09197, -1.14084
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a house that was formerly a farmhouse, dating from the 17th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with ironstone dressings and features a slate roof with brick ridge and end stacks. The building has a three-unit lobby-entry plan and is two storeys high with an attic, presenting a three-window range.
The front of the house includes a 20th-century door in a moulded wood surround to the left of centre, alongside a plank door with a timber lintel to the right of centre. There is a central four-light double-chamfered stone-mullion window with a hood mould, a similar two-light window to the left, and a similar three-light window to the right. The first floor has similar three-light leaded windows, except for the window to the left, which has two lights. Small gabled roof dormers are present as well.
Inside, the house features stop-chamfered spine beams and an open fireplace with a chamfered bressumer.
Local climate
The Old 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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