April Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1985. Residential house. 1 related planning application.
April Cottage
- WRENN ID
- heavy-fireplace-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1985
- Type
- Residential house
- Address
- April Cottage, West Street, Moulton, NN3 7SB
- OS grid reference
- SP 779 663
- Coordinates
- 52.28934, -0.85912
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
April Cottage is a pair of mid-18th century cottages, now combined into a single dwelling. The building is constructed of squared coursed lias stone with a plain tiled roof. Originally comprising one two-unit cottage and one single-unit cottage, it now presents as a four-window range. The central first-floor window is a horizontal sliding sash with leaded lights, while the remaining windows are casements with leaded lights, all set beneath wooden lintels. A 20th-century door is located on the left side. Gable parapets and brick stacks are present at the ridge and end of the roof. 19th and 20th century extensions have been added to the left. Inside, the room to the right of the entrance features one moulded and one chamfered ceiling beam. A window seat has a panelled front with the inscription MC/1633, which is believed to have been re-used from Moulton Church. There are remnants of an open fireplace with a bressumer above.
Local climate
April 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2004
- 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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