132, Watling Street East is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1975. Restaurant, dwelling. 3 related planning applications.
132, Watling Street East
- WRENN ID
- endless-mullion-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1975
- Type
- Restaurant, dwelling
- Address
- 132, Watling Street East, Towcester, NN12 6BT
- OS grid reference
- SP 692 488
- Coordinates
- 52.13325, -0.98987
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 132 on Watling Street East is a restaurant and dwelling that was originally a house, built in the early 19th century. The building is constructed of stuccoed brick with a slate roof and features brick end stacks. It has a two-unit plan and stands three stories tall with a three-window range. The central entrance is a 20th-century door set within a shallow porch supported by Doric columns. The first and second floors have 16-pane sash windows, while the central windows on these floors are blank. The ground floor has a plinth and channelled rustication, with a band at the first floor and a sill band at the second floor. Giant panelled pilasters flank the first and second floors, supporting a plain entablature. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
132, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- 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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