Dial House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1969. House. 5 related planning applications.

Dial House

WRENN ID
nether-pinnacle-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 February 1969
Type
House
Address
Dial House, Magpie Road, Sulgrave, OX17 2RU
OS grid reference
SP 554 453
Coordinates
52.10379, -1.19175
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dial House is a house dating from the 17th century, situated on Magpie Road in Sulgrave. A datestone reading K.I.E./1636 is visible on the porch. The house is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, with a porch distinguished by ironstone banding. The roof is thatched, and it features brick and stone stacks. The building is two storeys high with an attic. It has four bays. The porch, located in the second bay from the left, features a doorway with a four-centred stone arch above which is a sundial, topped with a coped gable. The inner doorway has a stone frame and a half-glazed plank door. The ground floor windows are three-light, with square stone hoods, wooden lintels, and old iron casements. The first floor features three-light stone mullioned windows, except in the second bay from the left which has a two-light window. A dormer window is found in the right bay. The gabled ends are coped, with kneelers. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Dial House 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2012
  • Related listed building consents — 5 applications
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  • 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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