The Bacon House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1985. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Bacon House
- WRENN ID
- fallow-quoin-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Bacon House, Brackley Road, Greatworth and Halse, OX17 2DX
- OS grid reference
- SP 551 422
- Coordinates
- 52.07632, -1.19734
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bacon House is a house dating from the early 17th century, with alterations made in the early 18th century. It is constructed of uncoursed limestone rubble and squared coursed stone, featuring ironstone quoins. The roof is tiled from the 20th century, and there are brick stacks. The building has a T-plan layout, with a south front that has three bays and two storeys.
The doorway in the left bay has a wooden lintel and a 20th-century door. To the right of the doorway, there are two stone mullioned windows with three lights, each having square hoods above them. Between these windows is the jamb of a blocked doorway. On the first floor, there are two similar windows. The left bay has a blocked window with a wooden lintel. The right side features a two-light stone mullioned window and a single light stone framed window.
There is a projecting wing to the left, dating from around 1700, made of squared coursed limestone. This wing has two storeys and an attic, with one bay and 20th-century windows. The gables are coped on kneelers. Inside, there is a hall fireplace from around 1700, which has a stone bolection moulded surround. A ground floor room features stop-chamfered beams and an open fireplace.
Local climate
The Bacon 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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