The Old Castle is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Castle
- WRENN ID
- final-rubble-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Castle, Main Road, Braunston, NN11 7HB
- OS grid reference
- SP 535 659
- Coordinates
- 52.28865, -1.21653
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Castle is a house dating from the early 18th century, situated on the south side of Braunston Main Road. The building is constructed of coursed ironstone rubble with chamfered quoins, and has a slate roof with stone stacks at the sides. It follows a lobby-entry plan and extends over two storeys, with an attic and cellar, arranged in five bays. The central doorway has a moulded stone frame with a keyblock and a 20th-century door with overlight. A window to the left has a timber lintel and a two-light transomed wooden casement; all other windows have moulded stone frames and two-light transomed wooden casements. A string course runs along the first-floor level. There is a flat-roofed dormer window, and coped gable ends with kneelers. Inside, the house features stop-chamfered spine beams. An original winder stair is located opposite the entrance, with an old plank door leading to the cellar. The building was formerly a public house, known as “Berryfields Inn” and later "The Castle Inn."
Local climate
The Old Castle receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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 — 2 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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