Hopefield House is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. House. 3 related planning applications.
Hopefield House
- WRENN ID
- guardian-pinnacle-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Hopefield House, 15, Station Road, Haddenham, HP17 8AN
- OS grid reference
- SP 738 080
- Coordinates
- 51.76659, -0.93161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
House. Built in 1857 for the astronomer William Rutter Dawes. The house is constructed of witchert, which has been rendered in Roman cement. It has a hipped slate roof with paired eaves brackets. The centrally positioned entry is recessed with a depressed arch and pilasters. The doorway features a depressed arched radiating fanlight. Moulded, cement-surrounded sash windows are lugged to the ground floor. A two-bay, two-storey wing is set back on the right hand side, also featuring sashes. The rendered exterior has been scribed to imitate masonry blocks. A flat roof in the centre of the house was used for meteorological observations. William Rutter Dawes (1799-1868), an amateur astronomer, built the house. Elected a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1830 and awarded its Gold Medal in 1855, he was noted for his work on double stars.
Local climate
Hopefield House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2012
- 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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