The Arches is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1968. Garden building.
The Arches
- WRENN ID
- unlit-chamber-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1968
- Type
- Garden building
- Address
- The Arches, Hackleton
- OS grid reference
- SP 827 542
- Coordinates
- 52.18007, -0.79168
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Arches is a garden building from the mid-18th century that was altered in the 20th century. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and faces the former park of Horton Hall, which was demolished in 1936. The structure features a tripartite triumphal arch with Ionic pilasters set on panelled plinths. The arches are rusticated and have keyblocks, with the arches on either side of the central arch being lower and originally blank. Above the outer arches are circular blank panels with keyed stone surrounds. An entablature is inflected over the pilasters, and there is a stone-coped parapet. The right bay has a cottage behind it, while another cottage is located behind the left bay, which was formerly a barn. Both cottages have 20th-century canted bay windows that align with the outer arches. During the renovation of the left building, an original wrought-iron tie beam was discovered, stamped with the year 1769.
Local climate
The Arches 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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