The Whiteleaf Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1955. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The Whiteleaf Cross
- WRENN ID
- former-wicket-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1955
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Whiteleaf Cross, Market Square, Princes Risborough, HP27 0AN
- OS grid reference
- SP 807 034
- Coordinates
- 51.72419, -0.83255
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Whiteleaf Cross is a public house built around 1760-1770. It is constructed from vitreous header brick with red brick quoins, window surrounds, a moulded plinth, and moulded dentil eaves. The building features an old tiled roof and a rebuilt brick chimney located between the left bays. It has two storeys and three bays. The left bay on the ground floor was rebuilt in the 20th century. The ground floor has 19th to 20th century tripartite sash windows, while the first floor has three-light barred wooden casements, all with gauged heads. There are narrower blind window panels with similar heads on the first floor between the bays, with the left panel showing remains of a County fire insurance plaque. A six-panelled door, which is top-lit, is situated between the right bays and features a wooden doorcase with fluted Doric pilasters, a triglyph frieze, a pediment, and panelled reveals. There is another entrance to the left in No.2.
Local climate
The Whiteleaf Cross 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- 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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