The Poplars is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1984. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Poplars
- WRENN ID
- distant-rafter-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Poplars, High Street, Newton Blossomville, MK43 8AN
- OS grid reference
- SP 921 515
- Coordinates
- 52.15438, -0.65475
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Poplars is an 18th-century house located on the north side of High Street in Newton Blossomville. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone and features a tiled roof with wide stone-coped gables, including a flat section in the center. The house has two brick chimneys and stands two storeys tall. The south front has three bays with narrow barred sash windows. In the center, there is a half-glazed door that is framed by an architrave surround and is topped by a flat hood.
Local climate
The Poplars 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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