College Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
College Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- first-rood-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- College Farmhouse, Abbey Road, Syresham, NN13 5YF
- OS grid reference
- SP 631 415
- Coordinates
- 52.06916, -1.08082
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
College Farmhouse is an early 18th-century farmhouse constructed from coursed squared limestone, featuring a plain tile roof and brick end stacks with diagonal chimneys. The building has a two-unit plan and stands two storeys high with an attic, presenting a three-window range. A 20th-century glazed door with sidelights is located in a 20th-century timber porch to the left of centre. To the left of the porch is a two-light casement window, and to the right is a three-light casement window. The first floor has three-light casements, all with timber lintels. There is one gabled roof dormer. To the left, there is a two-storey 19th-century extension with a slate roof. Inside, the farmhouse features moulded stop-chamfered spine beams.
Local climate
College Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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