8, Nuns Lane is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. House.

8, Nuns Lane

WRENN ID
rough-storey-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1987
Type
House
Address
8, Nuns Lane, Long Buckby
OS grid reference
SP 627 677
Coordinates
52.30433, -1.08087
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 8 Nuns Lane is a house dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed from squared and coursed ironstone rubble and features a corrugated asbestos roof with a 19th-century brick stack at one end. The building is two stories high and has a two-window range. There are three 19th-century wooden casement windows, with two located on the ground floor and one on the first floor. Each window has wooden lintels above and brick sills below. The door is also from the 19th century, featuring four panels and a lintel above. A cornice made of moulded stone is present, and the left gable is coped with kneelers.

Local climate

8, Nuns Lane receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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