Abbey Building is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1953. Restaurant.
Abbey Building
- WRENN ID
- second-brick-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1953
- Type
- Restaurant
- Address
- Abbey Building, Market Place, Daventry
- OS grid reference
- SP 574 625
- Coordinates
- 52.25856, -1.15928
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Abbey Building, located on the east side of Market Place, is a former National School that has been converted into a restaurant. It was originally constructed in 1826, with additions made in 1870. The building stands on the site of a medieval priory, which was illustrated in the Gentleman's Magazine in November 1826. The structure features coursed squared rubble and a tiled roof with kneelers and stone coping on two gables. It is two storeys high with a slight central projection on the left. The façade includes a pattern of windows: one wide casement, three-light windows under dripmoulds on the ground floor, and two similar windows along with two pointed arched windows with dripmoulds and tracery on the first floor. There is also a left central pointed arched footway.
Local climate
Abbey Building receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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