Filey Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. Cottage.
Filey Cottage
- WRENN ID
- strange-obsidian-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Filey Cottage, Mounts Lane, Newnham
- OS grid reference
- SP 582 597
- Coordinates
- 52.23279, -1.14856
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Filey Cottage is a 18th-century cottage constructed from coursed ironstone rubble with a thatched roof and brick end stacks. It features a two-unit plan and stands two stories tall with a two-window range. The main facade facing the garden has a central glazed door topped with a gabled overlight. There are 2-light casement windows on both the ground and first floors, with the ground floor windows having painted stone lintels and keyblocks. To the left, there is a single-storey extension that was further extended in brick in the 20th century. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Filey Cottage 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 77% 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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