Foscote House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1951. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Foscote House
- WRENN ID
- riven-basalt-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1951
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Foscote House, Abthorpe, NN12 8PB
- OS grid reference
- SP 658 470
- Coordinates
- 52.11823, -1.04011
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Foscote House is a farmhouse built around 1840, constructed from coursed squared ironstone with hipped slate roofs and brick internal stacks. The building is designed in a U-shape and is two stories tall, featuring a three-window range. The central entrance has a double-leaf, part-glazed door set in a limestone surround, which includes panelled reveals, plain pilasters, a simple entablature, and a pediment above. The ground and first floors have 16-pane sash windows, each with stone sills and segmental-arched heads. The central bay projects forward and is topped with a pedimental gable that has a string course at its base. The eaves are deep and projecting. At the rear, there are two lower symmetrical wings, with the left wing containing a brewhouse and dairy. Inside, there is an inner staircase hall featuring an open-well staircase with stick balusters and a steeply ramped, wreathed handrail that leads to the first-floor landing hall. The interior also includes original stone and marble chimneypieces. Foscote House is one of several model farms built for the 4th Duke of Grafton between 1839 and 1844.
Local climate
Foscote House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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