The Old Manse is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1976. House.
The Old Manse
- WRENN ID
- mired-thatch-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Manse, High Street, Stony Stratford
- OS grid reference
- SP 786 406
- Coordinates
- 52.05842, -0.85432
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Manse is a mid-18th century building located on the north-east side of High Street in Stony Stratford. It is two storeys tall with a mansard roof, featuring five near flush framed windows and three gabled dormers with an old tiled roof. The building has high verges supported by simple kneelers and rebuilt gable end chimneys. After a fire in 1742, it was rebuilt in brick, except for the rear wall which remains in stone. Architectural details include a moulded eaves cornice and a four-course band above the ground floor. The ground floor windows have cambered heads and late sash designs, while the first-floor windows retain old glazing. The doorway features a moulded flat hood and a door with six raised and fielded panels, topped by a rectangular light. The south-west gable end has a blind window on the first floor, while the north-east gable end includes a first-floor sash window with old glazing.
Local climate
The Old Manse 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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