The Bell Tower is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 June 1977. A C19 Tower. 2 related planning applications.
The Bell Tower
- WRENN ID
- other-cupola-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 June 1977
- Type
- Tower
- Address
- The Bell Tower, High Street, Brackley, NN13 7DT
- OS grid reference
- SP 585 370
- Coordinates
- 52.02899, -1.14796
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 19th-century former school built in the Elizabethan style. It is constructed of coursed rubble ashlar with a steeply pitched tiled roof and projecting gables at each end, concealing hammerbeam roofs within halls of five bays. The central gable is timber framed. The building is two storeys high, featuring casement windows with mullions and transoms. There are two gabled porches. The building is listed for its group value.
Local climate
The Bell Tower 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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 — 9 transactions since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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