The Dairy is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. Dairy. 4 related planning applications.
The Dairy
- WRENN ID
- slow-lintel-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1985
- Type
- Dairy
- Address
- The Dairy, Queen Street, Waddesdon, HP18 0JW
- OS grid reference
- SP 736 169
- Coordinates
- 51.84594, -0.93211
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dairy is a dairy building constructed around 1880-1890, likely designed by W. Taylor of Bierton as part of the estate for Ferdinand de Rothschild. It features a red brick core that is entirely surrounded by a verandah supported by shallow timber arches on turned wooden balusters and low brick dwarf walls. The building showcases ornamental half-timbering and tile-hanging in the gables, topped with a tiled roof.
This picturesque structure is one storey tall. The entry is located at the north end, flanked by single wooden casement windows. Each side wall contains three two-light wooden casements and an ornamental gable in the roof, with the gable on the west side featuring a wooden louvre.
Inside, there are steps leading down to a low room that is lined with white tiles. This room includes a low bench all around and a central stone basin supported by a carved baluster stem.
Local climate
The Dairy 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 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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