2, St Giles' Square is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1976. House. 1 related planning application.
2, St Giles' Square
- WRENN ID
- scarred-paling-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2, St Giles' Square, Northampton, NN1 1DA
- OS grid reference
- SP 755 604
- Coordinates
- 52.23716, -0.89516
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 2 St Giles' Square is a building constructed in 1886 by Matthew Holding, designed in the Flemish Renaissance style. It features a gabled red brick front that rises four storeys, with a stone-faced ground floor. Each floor is adorned with pilasters, and the top storey has console capitals, while the other storeys display Doric capitals. The building has four windows that are flush sashes with glazing bars.
Local climate
2, St Giles' Square 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 2022
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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