Old Mint House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1951. House. 2 related planning applications.
Old Mint House
- WRENN ID
- low-hall-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Mint House, 21, Park Street, Towcester, NN12 6DQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 691 487
- Coordinates
- 52.13246, -0.99053
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Mint House is a house dating from the early 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features old plain-tile roofs, along with brick ridge and end stacks. The building has an L-plan layout and consists of two storeys and an attic, with a one-window range.
The entrance is marked by a ridged and studded plank door located to the right of centre, set within a moulded wood surround and a pilastered and pedimented doorcase. To the left of the door is a 20th-century window, while a small three-light leaded window is positioned at the far left. A 20th-century window is also found on the first floor, and there is a wing extending to the rear left.
Inside, the house features ogee-stop-chamfered spine beams, open fireplaces with chamfered bressumers, and a bolection-moulded wood fireplace surround in the upper room.
Local climate
Old Mint 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 — 2 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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