The Sycamores is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1951. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
The Sycamores
- WRENN ID
- hollow-newel-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1951
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Sycamores, Church Street, Blakesley, NN12 8RA
- OS grid reference
- SP 626 503
- Coordinates
- 52.1481, -1.08574
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sycamores is a farmhouse dated 1672, constructed from coursed squared ironstone with an old plain-tile roof and blue brick end stacks on stone bases. It features a 2-unit plan, two storeys, and an attic, with a two-window range. The central entrance has a 19th-century part-glazed door with colored glass margin lights, framed by a moulded wood surround and a timber lintel. To the left, there are small rectangular windows with similar glazing and timber lintels. The ground floor has a four-light window with tall ovolo-moulded stone mullions, complete with hood moulds, on both the left and right sides. The first floor has smaller windows similar to those below, as well as gabled dormers featuring three-light hollow-chamfered stone mullion windows with hood moulds. Above the left dormer window is a stone inscribed with "MR," and above the right dormer window is the inscription "1672." The building has quoins and stone-coped gables with kneelers. To the left, there is a lower 19th-century two-storey, two-window wing. Inside, the farmhouse includes chamfered spine beams, with one room featuring fielded panelling and another room containing an open fireplace with a cambered chamfered bressumer.
Local climate
The Sycamores sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 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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