68/70, Watling Street East is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1976. House.
68/70, Watling Street East
- WRENN ID
- young-span-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- 68/70, Watling Street East, Towcester
- OS grid reference
- SP 694 485
- Coordinates
- 52.13109, -0.98742
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house located at 68/70 Watling Street East in Towcester, dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of coursed squared ironstone with a slate roof and features brick stacks at the ends and along the ridge. The building has a two-unit plan and stands two storeys tall with an attic, presenting a two-window range.
The front of the house has a central canted bay window with a 16-pane sash, flanked by 4-pane sashes on the sides. There is a 20th-century door in a moulded wood surround. To the left on the ground floor, there is a similar bay window, and to the right, a 20th-century plank door also in a moulded wood surround. A continuous moulded cornice runs along the top of the building. The first floor features 16-pane sash windows with wooden lintels. There are two 20th-century roof dormer windows. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
68/70, Watling Street East 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% 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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