Numbers 5 and 6 (Including Railings) is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1976. House. 1 related planning application.

Numbers 5 and 6 (Including Railings)

WRENN ID
fallen-rubblework-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 January 1976
Type
House
Address
Numbers 5 and 6 (Including Railings), Albion Place, Northampton, NN1 1UD
OS grid reference
SP 757 603
Coordinates
52.23577, -0.89286
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The property comprises a pair of houses, numbers 5 and 6, dating to approximately 1830-40. They are constructed of bright red brick with a Welsh slate roof and a brick cornice moulding. The building has a basement and three storeys. The front of the building slightly projects, featuring two ground-floor bay windows: a canted bay window on the left and a square bay window on the right. The upper floors each contain four sash windows with glazing bars, set within reveals and topped by stucco lintels. The fanlights above the doorways are arched. Decorative anthemion-design cast iron railings are positioned alongside the doorways. Numbers 3 to 7 form a nearby group.

Local climate

Numbers 5 and 6 (Including Railings) 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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  • 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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