175, Watling Street West is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1976. Shop, dwelling. 3 related planning applications.

175, Watling Street West

WRENN ID
dark-pier-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1976
Type
Shop, dwelling
Address
175, Watling Street West, Towcester, NN12 6BX
OS grid reference
SP 693 486
Coordinates
52.13192, -0.98865
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 175 on Watling Street West is a shop and dwelling built in the late 18th century or early 19th century. It features red brick in Flemish bond and has a slate roof with a brick stack at one end. The building has a two-unit plan and stands three stories high with a two-window range. The central entrance has a part-glazed door and is flanked by stone bay windows set on sandstone plinths. A cornice extends over the central door, which is accompanied by a six-panel door to the left that has a hood above it. The first floor has 12-pane sash windows with gauged brick lintels, while the second floor features 9-pane sashes with flat-arched heads. The eaves are nogged brick. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

175, Watling Street West sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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