2, Towcester Road is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1975. House. 2 related planning applications.
2, Towcester Road
- WRENN ID
- still-attic-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2, Towcester Road, Old Stratford, MK19 6AQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 778 411
- Coordinates
- 52.06362, -0.86511
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 2 Towcester Road is a house dating from the late 18th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of coursed squared limestone and features a plain-tile roof with a brick stack at one end. The house has two storeys and a basement, with a two-window range. The central entrance is a part-glazed panelled door leading to the basement, which is topped by a wooden lintel and flanked by 20th-century windows, also with wooden lintels. The ground and first floors have sash windows with margin panes, all with wooden lintels, except for the left ground floor window, which has a segmental-arched head. Inside, the building has spine beams.
Local climate
2, Towcester Road 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- 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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