167, Watling Street West is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1976. House. 5 related planning applications.
167, Watling Street West
- WRENN ID
- night-keystone-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- 167, Watling Street West, Towcester, NN12 6BX
- OS grid reference
- SP 693 486
- Coordinates
- 52.13157, -0.9884
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 167 on Watling Street West is a house that has been converted into offices. It dates from the late 18th century and has undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of painted brick and has a slate roof with brick stacks at each end. It features a two-unit plan and stands three stories tall with a three-window range.
The central entrance consists of a part-glazed door with an overlight and fanlight, framed by a pilastered timber surround that includes panelled reveals and an opened pediment resting on sections of entablature supported by brackets. There are two-storey canted bay windows on both the left and right sides. The centre of the first and second floors has blank windows, which are topped with gauged brick lintels and keyblocks. On the second floor, there is a three-light casement window on the left and a two-light casement window on the right, both with brick lintels. A moulded stone cornice, which is painted, runs along the top.
Inside, there is a dog-leg staircase that leads from the ground floor to the attic, featuring slender turned balusters. The ground floor room includes a carved wood chimneypiece in the style of the late 18th century.
Local climate
167, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- 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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