Elm Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Elm Cottage

WRENN ID
waiting-hearth-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Elm Cottage, Main Road, Moreton Pinkney, NN11 3SQ
OS grid reference
SP 568 488
Coordinates
52.13544, -1.1707
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Elm Cottage is an 18th-century cottage located on the north side of Main Road in Moreton Pinkney. It is constructed from coursed ironstone and limestone rubble, topped with an artificial stone slate roof and features brick stacks. The cottage is two storeys high and has three bays. The entrance is situated in the second bay from the right and includes a wood lintel, a plank door, and a gabled timber porch. To the left of the entrance are two 3-light casement windows with wood lintels, while to the right is a 2-light casement window, also with a wood lintel. On the first floor, there are two 2-light casement windows with wood lintels. Inside, the cottage features stop-chamfered spine beams, an open fireplace with a timber bressumer (which has been papered over) and a 20th-century grate inserted, as well as a 20th-century staircase.

Local climate

Elm Cottage 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 EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 9 transactions since 1995
  • 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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