43-49, The Drapery is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1973. Commercial building. 12 related planning applications.
43-49, The Drapery
- WRENN ID
- pale-parapet-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1973
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 43-49, The Drapery, Northampton
- OS grid reference
- SP 753 606
- Coordinates
- 52.23844, -0.89753
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
43-49 The Drapery is a building from 1894, designed in a modified Italianate style. It is constructed of ashlar and consists of four storeys topped with a bracketed cornice and a parapet. The facade features five sash windows without glazing bars, with segmental arches on the first and second floors. The second floor includes pediments supported by consoles and stone balconettes also on consoles. The first floor has pilasters and segmentally arched panels between the windows, with a continuous cornice that breaks forward at the second floor balconettes. The third floor has round-headed windows, arranged in two and three light configurations, with a moulded sill band. The ground floor has modern shops with high fascia. Number 49 has three windows on the first floor, which are four lights with segmental arches and slim pilasters. This building is included for its group value with Nos 41 to 49.
Local climate
43-49, The Drapery 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 12 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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