Griffin Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
Griffin Cottage
- WRENN ID
- kindled-screen-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 November 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Griffin Cottage, 11, Church Street, Boughton, NN2 8SF
- OS grid reference
- SP 752 659
- Coordinates
- 52.28646, -0.89785
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Griffin Cottage is a house dating from the late 17th century and early 18th century. It is constructed from coursed lias rubble and features a thatched roof. The building has a two-unit plan and consists of two ranges, with a single storey and an attic. There are three casement windows with leaded lights, two eyebrow dormers, and brick stacks located at the ridge and end. A 20th-century wing has been added to the rear, which includes an entrance. Inside, there is an open fireplace with a bressumer.
Local climate
Griffin Cottage 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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 — 5 transactions since 2000
- 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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