16 and 18, Germain Street is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. Pair of houses. 4 related planning applications.
16 and 18, Germain Street
- WRENN ID
- dusted-marble-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Pair of houses
- Address
- 16 and 18, Germain Street, Chesham, HP5 1LH
- OS grid reference
- SP 959 013
- Coordinates
- 51.70307, -0.6134
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building comprises two early 19th-century townhouses on Germain Street. They are constructed of red brick with a slate roof. The design is three storeys high, featuring three sash windows per floor, retaining their original glazing bars. The window surrounds are stucco and are topped by three pilasters incorporating consoles. A 19th-century shopfront is also present.
Local climate
16 and 18, Germain Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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 — 3 transactions since 2014
- 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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