Westhill House, Attached Outbuilding and Walls is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1969. House. 19 related planning applications.
Westhill House, Attached Outbuilding and Walls
- WRENN ID
- hidden-lime-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1969
- Type
- House
- Address
- Westhill House, Attached Outbuilding and Walls, High Street, Culworth, OX17 2BE
- OS grid reference
- SP 540 471
- Coordinates
- 52.11976, -1.21159
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Westhill House, along with its attached outbuilding and walls, is a house dating from the early 17th century, with alterations and an extension of two bays to the left (south) made in the late 17th century. The main structure features three right bays made of coursed limestone rubble banded with ironstone and stands two storeys tall. The two left bays are under a single gable, constructed of coursed limestone rubble, also two storeys with an attic. The roof is made of artificial stone slate, with both brick and stone stacks.
The house is arranged in a U-plan. There is a blocked 2-light stone mullioned window to the cellar in the second bay from the left. The entrance, located in the third bay from the right, features a stone lintel, a 6-panel door, and a timber lattice work porch. To the left of the entrance is a 2-light window with a wood lintel and an old iron casement, while to the right is another 2-light window with a wood lintel and a 20th-century casement. The right bay has a 4-light window with a wood lintel and an old iron casement. Similar windows can be found in the right bay on the first floor and in the third bay from the right, along with a 2-light casement window with a wood lintel in the second bay from the right. The two left bays feature 2-light windows with stone lintels and wood mullions and transoms on both floors, and there is a 2-light casement window with a plain stone frame in the attic. The gable ends are coped with kneelers, flanking gabled wings at the rear.
Although the interior was not inspected, it is noted to have a late 17th-century fireplace with a bolection surround in the hall, re-arranged early 17th-century panelling, and a chequer floor made of white Culworth stone and black Byfield stone. One bedroom contains early 17th-century panelling with a carved frieze and an elaborate fireplace surround and overmantel featuring two arches flanked by Doric columns.
The adjoining outbuilding at the rear left wing is likely from around 1700 and is constructed of squared coursed ironstone with a slate roof and a brick stack. It is a single storey with two bays, featuring a doorway in the right bay with a wood lintel and a 3-light casement window with a wood lintel to the left. The interior of the outbuilding was not inspected.
There is also a wall extending from the east and west fronts of the house along the High Street, dating from the 17th century. This wall is made of squared coursed ironstone with stone coping. The western section is L-shaped, turning north at an angle to separate the house from the farmyard.
Local climate
Westhill House, Attached Outbuilding and Walls 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 19 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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