The Nutshell is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Nutshell
- WRENN ID
- quartered-bonework-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Nutshell, 3, Church Avenue, Kings Sutton
- OS grid reference
- SP 497 361
- Coordinates
- 52.02157, -1.27657
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nutshell is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with early 19th and 20th-century alterations. It is constructed of uncoursed limestone rubble that has been whitewashed and features a timber frame. The roof is covered with artificial stone tiles, which were formerly thatched, and there are brick stacks. The cottage has two storeys and an attic, with two bays.
The central doorway has a wooden lintel and a four-panelled door, flanked by early 19th-century bay windows with wooden casements, all under a continuous roof of artificial stone slates. The first-floor windows are three-light iron and wood casements with wooden lintels. Inside, the first floor reveals exposed raised cruck construction, while the former rear wall is timber framed but is hidden externally by 19th and 20th-century additions.
Local climate
The Nutshell sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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 — 1 transaction since 1999
- 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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