Shelter Shed at Downley Farm Approximately 10 Metres to North of Stable is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1990. Shelter shed.

Shelter Shed at Downley Farm Approximately 10 Metres to North of Stable

WRENN ID
heavy-cupola-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1990
Type
Shelter shed
OS grid reference
SU 846 953
Coordinates
51.65033, -0.77724
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The shelter shed at Downley Farm, located approximately 10 meters north of the stable, dates from the mid to late 20th century and was built for the Dashwood Estate. It features a timber frame that is open on the eastern front, with weatherboard cladding on a brick plinth. The roof is half-hipped and covered with plain tiles. The structure is one storey high and consists of four by two bays. It is supported by wooden posts resting on chamfered padstones, with base braces and straight braces connecting to the wall-plates and tie-beams. There is a doorway at each gable end. Inside, the shed has collared queen-post roof trusses with clasped purlins and a plank ridge, along with straight braces to the wall framing and roof. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

Shelter Shed at Downley Farm Approximately 10 Metres to North of Stable 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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