The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- idle-stair-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old House, the Orchard, Staverton, NN11 6JA
- OS grid reference
- SP 538 611
- Coordinates
- 52.24593, -1.2127
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a late 17th-century house, with a datestone in the right gable that reads "P(?)A/1694". It was remodelled in the early 19th century, with another datestone in the right gable of the rear block that appears to read "180(2?)". The building is constructed of coursed squared ironstone and features an old tile roof with flanking brick stacks. It has a double pile plan, is two storeys high with an attic, and consists of three bays.
The central doorway is framed by a moulded wood architrave and features a six-panel part-glazed door with an overlight. To the right of the doorway is a 20th-century round window set in a moulded stone surround. The left and right bays contain three-light windows with wood lintels and 20th-century wood casements, while the outer bays on the first floor have similar windows. The centre of the first floor has a two-light casement window with a wood lintel. The house has a nogged brick cornice and gable ends that are loped with kneelers. The rear of the house, which is faced in brick and rendered from the early 19th century, features an ornamental cast-iron verandah from the same period. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 — 4 transactions since 1998
- 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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