Watbridge Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Farmhouse.

Watbridge Farmhouse

WRENN ID
vacant-threshold-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Watbridge Farmhouse, Westcott Road, Ashendon
OS grid reference
SP 720 143
Coordinates
51.82295, -0.95554
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Watbridge Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from around 1700. It is constructed of rubblestone with large dressed stone quoins and features brick jambs and arches that are segmental on the first floor. The building has old tile roofs and consists of three bays, with a central northeast wing that forms a T-shaped plan, including 18th-century infill at the east angle. The farmhouse is two storeys high plus dormers.

The main or southwest front has a central four-panel door with a fanlight above, set within a modern open gabled porch. There is a plinth with a moulded band, and the outer bays have four-pane late 18th-century sash windows. The upper windows are mainly leaded casements with three lights, while the central window has two lights. There are two two-light dormers in the outer bays and a moulded eaves cornice. The gable stacks are prominent features. The north wing contains leaded casements, and the infill has a brick north wall and a gable stack. Inside, the farmhouse features chamfered and stopped spine beams.

Local climate

Watbridge Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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