177 and 179, Watling Street West is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1976. House and shop. 4 related planning applications.
177 and 179, Watling Street West
- WRENN ID
- salt-nave-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1976
- Type
- House and shop
- Address
- 177 and 179, Watling Street West, Towcester
- OS grid reference
- SP 693 486
- Coordinates
- 52.13192, -0.9888
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 177 and 179 on Watling Street West is a house and shop that was formerly a public house, known as the Dolphin Inn. It dates from the 18th century but has earlier origins. The building is constructed of painted brick and features a plain-tile roof with brick end stacks. It has a two-unit plan and stands two storeys high with an attic, presenting a two-window range to the front. The central doorway has a round-arched head and is flanked by wide canted bay windows. The first floor has 6-pane horned sash windows with timber lintels above them. The building also features dentilled brick eaves and a hipped roof dormer that contains two-light leaded casements. There is a wing at the rear left that may date from the late 17th century. Inside, there is an open fireplace with a cambered ogee-stop-chamfered bressumer.
Local climate
177 and 179, Watling Street West 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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- 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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