Sundial Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1985. House. 8 related planning applications.
Sundial Cottage
- WRENN ID
- salt-terrace-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Sundial Cottage, Wesley Place, Chacombe, OX17 2JP
- OS grid reference
- SP 492 438
- Coordinates
- 52.09107, -1.28239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sundial Cottage is a house dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is constructed of uncoursed limestone and ironstone rubble, with an asbestos tile roof and brick stacks. The house is arranged in an L-shape and has two storeys and an attic, with two bays at the front. A doorway is located in the left bay, featuring a wood lintel and a 20th-century ribbed plank door. To the right of the doorway is a two-light window with an original wood lintel and a 20th-century metal casement. Further to the right is a three-light window with a wood lintel and an iron casement. The first-floor windows retain their wood lintels and have two-light wood casements. Two gabled attic dormers are present. A gabled projecting wing extends from the left side of the main block, featuring one bay and two storeys and an attic. The windows in this wing also have wood lintels and 20th-century three-light metal casements, and the coped gable has kneelers. The interior is understood to have been remodelled in the 20th century and now contains a 20th-century staircase.
Local climate
Sundial Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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 — 2 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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