The Manse is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1983. Manse.
The Manse
- WRENN ID
- pale-ember-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1983
- Type
- Manse
- Address
- The Manse, 49, High Street, Olney
- OS grid reference
- SP 889 515
- Coordinates
- 52.1554, -0.70175
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manse, located at 49 Olney High Street, is an 18th-century building that has been altered. It is constructed of stone and features a modern tiled roof with stone chimney stacks and two hipped dormers. The building has a wooden eaves cornice. The central entrance consists of a six-panelled door set within a wooden doorcase that includes columns, a medallioned frieze, and a dentilled cornice. On either side of the entrance are modern bay windows, while the first floor has two 19th-century sash windows and a central blank recess, all of which are topped with flat arches and keystones.
Local climate
The Manse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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