The Poplars (Co-Operative Funeral Services) is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1976. Funeral service building. 4 related planning applications.

The Poplars (Co-Operative Funeral Services)

WRENN ID
last-arch-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 January 1976
Type
Funeral service building
Address
The Poplars (Co-Operative Funeral Services), Barrack Road, Northampton, NN1 3RL
OS grid reference
SP 753 614
Coordinates
52.24605, -0.89707
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Poplars, which houses Co-operative Funeral Services, is a mid-19th century building designed in a classical style. It is constructed of yellow brick with stone dressings and features a hipped roof covered with Welsh slate, including two box dormers. The building has two storeys and attics, with a first-floor sill band and a cornice supported by console brackets. There are three sash windows with marginal glazing bars set within architrave surrounds. The central entrance is a glazed porch, flanked by a pair of single-storey canted bay windows. The building is particularly noted for its elaborate cast iron verandah on the ground floor of the south side elevation, which is designed in a late Regency style.

Local climate

The Poplars (Co-Operative Funeral Services) 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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