Elmtree House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1960. A Early-mid C17 House, formerly farmhouse. 10 related planning applications.

Elmtree House

WRENN ID
standing-balcony-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 May 1960
Type
House, formerly farmhouse
Address
Elmtree House, Courteenhall Road, Blisworth, NN7 3DD
OS grid reference
SP 728 536
Coordinates
52.17602, -0.93628
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Elmtree House is a house that was formerly a farmhouse, dating from the early to mid 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of coursed ironstone rubble banded with limestone and features a slate roof with brick end and ridge stacks. It has a 3-unit through-passage plan and is two stories high with a three-window range.

The front has a 20th-century door located to the right of center, which is topped by a wood lintel. There are 20th-century casement windows on both the ground and first floors, arranged in one, two, three, and four lights, all featuring wood lintels. To the left, there is a two-light basement window with a double-chamfered stone surround, quoins, and a stone-coped gable with kneelers on the right. The roof was raised in the 19th century using coursed squared ironstone and limestone.

Inside, the house has ogee-stop-chamfered spine beams and some original ogee-stop-chamfered joists. There is an open fireplace that features an ogee-stop-chamfered bressumer, which is carved with a stylized plant in the center. A wall painting includes an inscription from Psalm 143: "Teach mee to doe thy will for thou art/God: let thy good spirit leade me into/Righteousness." Additionally, there is a fitted cupboard with a round-arched head, shaped shelves, a Greek key frieze, and a dentilled cornice. The property also includes a stone cellar.

Local climate

Elmtree 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
  • Related listed building consents — 10 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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