Elm Bank is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1988. Cottage.
Elm Bank
- WRENN ID
- inner-vault-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Elm Bank, 6, Leckhamstead Road, Wicken
- OS grid reference
- SP 743 392
- Coordinates
- 52.04708, -0.91746
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Elm Bank is a cottage dated 1707 with 19th-century alterations. It is built of coursed limestone rubble and features a thatch roof with a brick ridge and end stack. The cottage is two stories high and has a two-window range, following a two-unit lobby-entry plan. There is a 20th-century door located just left of center, which has a wood lintel and is set within a 20th-century gabled porch. Above the door, there is a sundial with an inscription that reads: "Memorandum/those 4 Elms was/planted on this hill/in Feb. 1709 by RW AC and RB."
On the ground floor, there is a three-light casement window to the left, a two-light casement window to the right, and another similar window at the far right, all featuring wood lintels. The first floor has two-light casements in eyebrow dormers. The left end stack has a datestone at the base inscribed with "17 W 07/RA." Inside, the cottage includes chamfered spine beams and a blocked inglenook that contains a 19th-century cast-iron range.
Local climate
Elm Bank 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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