Church Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1977. A C16 House. 1 related planning application.
Church Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- spare-wattle-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 1977
- Type
- House
- Address
- Church Farmhouse, 1, Chequers Lane, North Crawley, MK16 9LJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 927 446
- Coordinates
- 52.0925, -0.64773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church Farmhouse is a house that dates from the 16th century and 17th century, with later restorations in the mid-1970s. It is constructed of rubble stone with timber framing on the upper storey of the northern part. The building features old tile roofs that are hipped on the main block and has rebuilt brick chimneys. It stands two storeys high, with an attic in the northern wing. The oldest section is the central two-bay part that runs east to west. The restoration included reconstructions of original small oak mullioned windows and copies of 19th-century casements in the east wall, all fitted with leaded glazing. The northern wing has a jettied gable with close-studded framing and angle braces, along with a stone mullioned window on the ground floor. The southern 18th-century wing now has exposed stone and modern leaded windows. Adjacent to this is a timber-framed bay that incorporates old timbers from a former outbuilding. Inside the northern wing, there are two fireplaces with moulded jambs and four-centred arched heads, likely from the early 17th century.
Local climate
Church Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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