542, London Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.
542, London Road
- WRENN ID
- final-jade-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- 542, London Road, Davenham, CW9 8LZ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 660 707
- Coordinates
- 53.2329, -2.51049
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house in Davenham, built in 1741. It is constructed of red English garden wall bond brick with a plain tile roof. The datestone is inscribed "I M". The front has a central, gabled porch added in the 20th century, with a window of 4 x 4 panes and a glazed door to the left of a 18th-century plank door decorated with nail-head detailing. There are 2-light casement windows, replacements from the 20th century, with cement lintels. The first floor mirrors the ground floor with 2-light casement windows, and a blank recess in the centre containing a cambered-headed datestone. Gable stacks are located on either side.
Local climate
542, London Road receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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