Laburnum Cottage and Clematis Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1988. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Laburnum Cottage and Clematis Cottage
- WRENN ID
- iron-jade-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Laburnum Cottage and Clematis Cottage, 83, Stoke Road, Blisworth, NN7 3BZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 728 530
- Coordinates
- 52.17115, -0.93589
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of cottages dating from the 18th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. They are constructed of coursed limestone rubble with a thatched roof and brick ridge stacks. Laburnum Cottage has a one-unit plan with a one-unit addition, while Clematis Cottage has a two-unit plan. The cottages present a two-storey, two-window facade. Plank doors are located to the left and right of the centre, each protected by a thatched hood and wood lintel. The ground floor features three-light leaded casement windows, with a similar two-light window far to the right. The first floor has two-light leaded windows set within eyebrow dormers. All windows have wood lintels. Internally, both cottages contain open fireplaces with stop-chamfered bressumers; the one in Clematis Cottage also includes a salt cupboard. They retain chamfered spine beams. The cottages were formerly known as Legger’s cottages and are situated near the north portal of the Blisworth tunnel on the Grand Union Canal, an area historically used by professional “leggers” who propelled canal barges through the tunnel.
Local climate
Laburnum Cottage and Clematis Cottage 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 2016
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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