The Laurels is a Grade II* listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1951. A C18 Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
The Laurels
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-tin-sepia
- 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 Laurels, High Street, Wappenham, NN12 8SN
- OS grid reference
- SP 626 457
- Coordinates
- 52.10652, -1.08605
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laurels is an early 18th-century farmhouse located on the north side of Wappenham High Street. It is constructed of limestone ashlar with ironstone dressings and features a slate roof with stone end stacks and paired square chimneys. The building has a T-plan layout and stands two storeys high with an attic, comprising a five-window range.
The central entrance includes a four-panel door with an overlight, framed by a moulded wood surround and a moulded eaved stone surround that has a keyblock and a broken pediment. This pediment frames a horizontal oval panel topped by a small ball finial. On either side of the door are three-light casement windows with flat-arched heads and keyblocks, along with moulded stone sills and jambs. The first floor features two-light casement windows with similar moulded stone sills and surrounds with keyblocks.
The exterior is characterized by a chamfered plinth and quoins, a moulded string course, moulded stone eaves, a central roof dormer, and stone-coped gables with kneelers. The right side elevation has similar one-light windows, and there are comparable windows in the rear wing.
Inside, the farmhouse boasts stop-chamfered spine beams, an open fireplace in the kitchen with a stop-chamfered bressumer and a bread oven, and a dog-leg staircase leading from the ground floor to the attic with turned balusters. There is also a bolection moulded wood chimneypiece in the upper room and a stone cellar.
Local climate
The Laurels 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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