1, Glassthorpe Lane is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1987. Cottage. 6 related planning applications.
1, Glassthorpe Lane
- WRENN ID
- gentle-pediment-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 1, Glassthorpe Lane, Harpole, NN7 4DU
- OS grid reference
- SP 689 607
- Coordinates
- 52.24066, -0.9915
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This cottage, located at 1 Glassthorpe Lane, dates from the late 17th century to early 18th century, with some raising in the early 19th century. It is built from coursed squared ironstone and features a slate roof with brick end stacks. The cottage has a two-unit lobby-entry plan and is three storeys high with a two-window range.
The entrance on the left consists of a four-panel door with an overlight and a stop-chamfered wood lintel. To the right, there is a three-light leaded window, also with a stop-chamfered wood lintel. There is a two-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion window to the right of the centre and a one-light window to the far right, both with stop-chamfered wood lintels. On the first floor, there is a three-light leaded casement window to the left and a similar two-light window to the right, both featuring stop-chamfered wood lintels. The cottage is adorned with quoins, storey bands, and stone-coped gables with kneelers.
Inside, the cottage includes a chamfered spine beam, an open fireplace with a cambered stop-chamfered bressumer, a fitted cupboard with shaped shelves, and an old stud partition.
Local climate
1, Glassthorpe Lane 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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 — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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