1 to 4 Abington Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1976. Cottages.

1 to 4 Abington Cottages

WRENN ID
graven-pier-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 January 1976
Type
Cottages
Address
1 to 4 Abington Cottages, Abington Avenue, Northampton
OS grid reference
SP 772 618
Coordinates
52.24914, -0.8695
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Abington Cottages, consisting of Nos 1 to 4, were built in 1846 by E.F. Law in a Tudor style. The cottages are constructed from ashlar dressed squared rubble and feature a Welsh slated roof. The symmetrical main block includes a two-storey projecting central gable that has a four-light leaded casement window above a porch with three pointed four-centred arches supported by buttresses. The one-storey and attic sides have four gabled half dormers and four leaded casement windows with dripmoulds. There are also two gabled porches. On the left side, there is a projecting gabled one-storey wing that contains a leaded casement window.

Local climate

1 to 4 Abington Cottages 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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