18, 18a, 20, 20a and 22, Sheep Street is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1968. A C17 House. 4 related planning applications.
18, 18a, 20, 20a and 22, Sheep Street
- WRENN ID
- endless-barrel-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1968
- Type
- House
- Address
- 18, 18a, 20, 20a and 22, Sheep Street, Northampton, NN1 2LU
- OS grid reference
- SP 753 606
- Coordinates
- 52.23924, -0.89769
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of properties: numbers 18, 18A, 20, 20A, and 22, located on Sheep Street. The building's core dates to the 17th century and was extended in the 18th century with the addition of a top floor. The lower two floors are constructed of ashlar stone, while the upper level is stuccoed. A Welsh slate roof covers the building. There are seven windows on each of the upper floors. The shop fronts appear to be from the late 19th or early 20th century. A simplified Ionic pilaster design is visible on the first floor, accompanied by two niches located at number 20. It is believed that the buildings may have served as a town house for the Earl of Halifax. A plaque commemorates the site of Dr Doddridge's Dissenting Academy, which operated here from around 1740 to 1752. The group originally included number 24, which has since been demolished.
Local climate
18, 18a, 20, 20a and 22, Sheep Street 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2018
- 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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