Whychcote House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1954. House. 1 related planning application.
Whychcote House
- WRENN ID
- brooding-parapet-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1954
- Type
- House
- Address
- Whychcote House, Holdenby, NN6 8DJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 694 677
- Coordinates
- 52.3038, -0.98222
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whychcote House is a building that originated as six houses in the late 10th century, now combined into one. It features squared coursed limestone and lias with a 20th-century concrete tiled roof. The structure has a three-unit plan and stands two storeys high, showcasing a four-window range of casements with some original wood lintels and 20th-century leaded lights. The central entrance has a 20th-century door with a porch. There are brick stacks located at the ridge and at the ends of the building. Inside, there is an open fire with a bressumer.
Local climate
Whychcote House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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