Lady Boys is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1984. Residential.
Lady Boys
- WRENN ID
- endless-groin-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1984
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Lady Boys, Kiln Road, Great Missenden
- OS grid reference
- SP 870 012
- Coordinates
- 51.70345, -0.74112
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lady Boys, formerly known as Cats Croft, is a 17th-century timber-framed building that has been encased in 18th-century brick and altered over time. It features an old tile roof and stands two storeys tall, with a section on the left that is one storey high and includes an attic with a modern dormer. The central section has a modern door, a two-light casement window, and a circular window on the first floor. To the right, there is a gabled wing with a first-floor band, a two-light casement window on the first floor, and a large brick stack on the flank wall. Inside, the timber-framing is visible in both the main block and the crosswing. Historically, this property was associated with the Lady Boys Charity, which was founded in 1640, with John Hampden being one of the first Trustees.
Local climate
Lady Boys 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
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