39 and 41, Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
39 and 41, Church Street
- WRENN ID
- vacant-ledge-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 39 and 41, Church Street, Helmdon
- OS grid reference
- SP 588 435
- Coordinates
- 52.08717, -1.14214
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
39 and 41 Church Street are a pair of cottages built in the early 18th century. They are constructed from coursed limestone rubble with plain tile roofs and feature brick end stacks on stone bases.
No. 39 has a two-unit plan and is two stories tall with a two-window range. It has a central 20th-century plank door with a timber lintel, situated in a 20th-century stone porch. To the right, there is a three-light casement window, and to the left, there are two two-light casement windows, all with timber lintels. The cottage also features two hipped dormers and a stone-coped gable to the left, complete with kneelers.
No. 41 has a one-unit plan and is also two stories tall, with an attic and a one-window range. It has a 20th-century part-glazed door to the left with a timber lintel, and three-light casement windows on both the ground and first floors, which also have timber lintels. There is a hipped roof dormer above. The right side has quoins and a stone-coped gable with kneelers, along with a lean-to extension. Inside No. 41, there are stop-chamfered spine beams.
Local climate
39 and 41, Church Street 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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