205 and 207, Watling Street West is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1976. A Georgian Offices.
205 and 207, Watling Street West
- WRENN ID
- dusk-lime-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1976
- Type
- Offices
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- 205 and 207, Watling Street West, Towcester
- OS grid reference
- SP 692 487
- Coordinates
- 52.13291, -0.98983
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 205 and 207 Watling Street West are early 19th-century offices that were formerly shops and dwellings. The buildings have been altered in the 20th century and are constructed of stuccoed brick with slate and ridged tile roofs, featuring a cut-down brick ridge stack. They have a two-unit plan, standing two storeys high with an attic and a two-window range.
The ground floor includes canted bay windows, with No. 205 featuring a 20th-century door with an overlight and a bracketed cornice or hood. No. 207 has a 19th-century part-glazed door framed by thin pilasters and a moulded wood door surround, along with channelled rustication. On the first floor, there are 16-pane sash windows with bracketed hoods and pilaster strips at the ends and center. The buildings also have a plinth, bracketed eaves, and dormer windows. They are included for their group value.
Local climate
205 and 207, Watling Street West 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% 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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