The Hovel is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1976. House.
The Hovel
- WRENN ID
- waiting-trefoil-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Hovel, 180, Watling Street East, Towcester, NN12 6DB
- OS grid reference
- SP 691 489
- Coordinates
- 52.13481, -0.99172
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hovel is a house dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with a slate roof and has brick stacks at either end. The building has a one-unit plan and is two stories high with a single window range. There is a 20th-century part-glazed door on the right, which features a pilastered wooden surround and a straight hood. On the ground floor, there is a tripartite sash window with a flat-arched head, while the first floor has a 16-pane sash window with a similar flat-arched head. The interior has not been inspected. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Hovel 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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