The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1968. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- distant-newel-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1968
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old House, Meadow Lane, Little Houghton, NN7 1AH
- OS grid reference
- SP 802 597
- Coordinates
- 52.23033, -0.82653
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a 17th-century house, dated 1689, located on Meadow Lane in Little Houghton, and altered in the 20th century. It is constructed of coursed squared limestone with ironstone dressings, topped with a slate roof, and has stone end stacks. The house is arranged in an L-shape, with a three-window front range spanning two storeys and an attic. The central entrance features a plank door with two-panel mouldings, a moulded stone surround, a leaded overlight, and a straight hood supported by brackets. The ground and first floors are punctuated by two-light casement windows; the ground-floor windows have wood transoms, and all have ironstone jambs and stone lintels with key blocks. A two-light, wave-moulded stone mullion window illuminates the cellar to the right. Other details include ironstone quoins, a storey band, stone-coped gables with kneelers, and a datestone to the right gable inscribed "1689 IS/F". A full-height wing extends to the rear left, mirroring the window style. The interior includes a dog-leg staircase with turned balusters and a stone fireplace in a first-floor room featuring a four-centred head and cut spandrels.
Local climate
The Old House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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 — 5 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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