Winterhills is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Former hunting lodge.
Winterhills
- WRENN ID
- other-finial-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Former hunting lodge
- Address
- Winterhills, Silverstone
- OS grid reference
- SP 672 434
- Coordinates
- 52.08491, -1.02058
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Winterhills is a former hunting lodge dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of coursed squared limestone that has been whitewashed, with some areas featuring timber framing and rendering. The building has hipped slate roofs and brick lateral stacks. It has a tripartite composition with a three-unit plan, consisting of two-storey wings on either side of a central section that is also two storeys tall with an attic. The facade features a one-window range, with a central part-glazed door set in a moulded wood surround beneath a timber lintel, all within a timber porch. Above, there are three-light casement windows with segmental heads on the first floor, and a two-light leaded casement window in the attic. At the rear, there is a timber canted bay window and a single-storey kitchen extension. Inside, the lodge has a blocked open fireplace with a bread oven and retains its original roof structure. The building is located within the former area of Whittlewood Forest and is said to have been associated with deer-hunting.
Local climate
Winterhills 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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