Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1953. Manor house.

Manor House

WRENN ID
fossil-rafter-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 December 1953
Type
Manor house
Address
Manor House, Orchard Street, Daventry
OS grid reference
SP 564 625
Coordinates
52.25793, -1.1747
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Drayton Manor House is a building from the 17th century or early 18th century, with a date stone on the porch indicating 1704. The porch was rebuilt in the 19th century and features an embattled parapet. The structure is made of stone and has an old and machine-tiled roof with four gabled dormers. It has two storeys and attics, and includes three triple light casement windows with stone mullions and cornices. There is a 19th-century bay window on the right side of the ground floor.

Local climate

Manor House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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