The Priory is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1976. Manor house. 4 related planning applications.
The Priory
- WRENN ID
- vast-bastion-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton South MP: Mike Reader (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1976
- Type
- Manor house
- Address
- The Priory, Billing, NN3 9AG
- OS grid reference
- SP 804 618
- Coordinates
- 52.24889, -0.82354
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Priory is an embattled medieval manor house, largely rebuilt in 1880, with early remains incorporated from the 14th and 16th centuries. It features coursed rubble and a Welsh slated roof behind a parapet. The building has two storeys, and the south front includes a blocked 14th-century window and a 16th-century stone mullioned four-light lattice casement window set in a chamfered surround. There are two stone chimney stacks with diagonally set shafts. A west pentice bay connects straight to the main block, while the east side displays a reset 14th-century panel featuring a shield in a quatrefoil. A modern north wing has been added. The manor was in the possession of the Longueville family from the early 14th century until 1688.
Local climate
The Priory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 2008
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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