3, Meadow Lane is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage.

3, Meadow Lane

WRENN ID
floating-entrance-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
3, Meadow Lane, Little Houghton
OS grid reference
SP 803 596
Coordinates
52.22939, -0.82525
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 3 Meadow Lane is a cottage dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble mixed with ironstone and features a plain-tile roof with stone end stacks. The building has a two-unit plan and is two stories high, with a two-window range. The central entrance consists of a four-panel, part-glazed door that is topped with a wood lintel and a gabled hood supported by brackets. There are two-light casement windows on both the ground and first floors, each with wood lintels. The cottage has ironstone quoins and gables that are coped with ironstone and include kneelers. Inside, there are agee-stop-chamfered spine beams and an open fireplace with a cambered ogee-stop-chamfered bressumer. The staircase has slender turned balusters, which are likely from the late 18th century, and has been rebuilt.

Local climate

3, Meadow Lane 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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