48, High Street West is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. House.
48, High Street West
- WRENN ID
- dusk-vault-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- 48, High Street West, Brackley
- OS grid reference
- SP 587 372
- Coordinates
- 52.03099, -1.14558
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 48 on High Street West is a house dated 1897, constructed from coursed limestone with Ketton stone dressings and a stone slate roof. The building is two storeys high and has a two-window range. The ground floor of the east front features a 4-light stone mullioned window to the right of a projecting window bay, which is canted on the ground floor and squared on the first floor, supported by corbels. In the canted section, there are also a 2-light and two single-light stone mullioned casements. The first floor has two 4-light stone mullioned casements, and the projecting window bay ends in a gable. A string course at the first floor extends into the south flank.
The south flank includes two ground-floor single-light stone casements and a plank door with three top lights. The doorcase has a carved lintel and is dated 1897. There is a 2-light stone mullioned window on the first floor, and the gable end features a parapet with ball finials. The interior has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value with Number 50 and Winchester House School.
Local climate
48, High Street West 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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