Shortwood House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1954. House. 5 related planning applications.
Shortwood House
- WRENN ID
- late-footing-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1954
- Type
- House
- Address
- Shortwood House, Lamport, NN6 9HN
- OS grid reference
- SP 773 758
- Coordinates
- 52.37561, -0.86579
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shortwood House is a former hawking tower that dates back to around 1720. It is constructed of squared coursed lias and limestone ashlar, topped with lead and slate roofs. The building features a square tower flanked by single-unit wings on both sides, standing three storeys tall with two-storey wings. The façade includes a three-window range of 19th-century sashes with plain ashlar surrounds. The third storey has a canted design with a large ashlar surround for the window, which features a segmental arch and keystone. It is said that this surround is a fireplace surround from Pytchley Old Hall. The house has an open balustraded parapet and plain flat string courses between the floors, with a sundial located below the first-floor window. The side wings have gabled roofs with brick and stone stacks at the ridge and ends, while the tower has a flat roof. The rear windows of the tower are adorned with heavily rusticated surrounds, and there is a 20th-century door at the back. Inside, there is a dogleg staircase located in the tower.
Local climate
Shortwood House 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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