Church Farmhouse and Attached Outbuildings is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1968. Farmhouse.
Church Farmhouse and Attached Outbuildings
- WRENN ID
- scarred-baluster-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1968
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Church Farmhouse and Attached Outbuildings, 5, Meadow Lane, Little Houghton
- OS grid reference
- SP 803 597
- Coordinates
- 52.22983, -0.82532
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church Farmhouse and attached outbuildings is a farmhouse dating from the mid-18th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed from ironstone ashlar and features a plain-tile roof with stone end stacks. The building has a two-unit, central-staircase plan and stands two storeys high with an attic, presenting a three-window range.
The central entrance consists of a six-panel door that is framed by a moulded wood surround, an overlight, and a moulded stone surround with a segmental-arched head and keyblock, topped with a straight hood. The ground and first floors are adorned with 12-pane sash windows that have moulded stone sills, raised surrounds, segmental-arched heads, and key blocks. To the left, there is a large three-light cellar window featuring chamfered stone mullions and a segmental-arched head. Access to the front door is via a flight of seven steps, which are partly enclosed by curved stone-coped walls.
Additional architectural details include a chamfered plinth, raised quoins, a storey band, moulded stone eaves, a central gabled roof dormer, and stone-coped gables with kneelers. To the rear right, there is a two-storey-and-attic wing. A single-storey outbuilding range projects forward to the right; this part is likely from the 17th century and includes one blocked stone mullion window with a hood mould, along with other two- and three-light casements and a pantile roof. The outbuilding features coursed squared limestone wailing banded with ironstone.
Inside, the farmhouse contains an open-well staircase with slender turned balusters that incorporate columns on bulbous feet, with two balusters per tread, and a ramped handrail.
Local climate
Church Farmhouse and Attached Outbuildings sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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