Chequers is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1954. House.
Chequers
- WRENN ID
- keen-corridor-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1954
- Type
- House
- Address
- Chequers, Bassetsbury Lane
- OS grid reference
- SU 877 924
- Coordinates
- 51.62371, -0.73436
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chequers is a 17th-century building located on Bassetsbury Lane. It features colourwashed cement rendering, which was previously roughcast, along with a ground floor made of flint and brick. The upper floor is likely timber framed. The building stands two storeys high and has two modern casement windows and a modern half-glazed door that is sheltered by a hood. Chequers is part of a group that includes Bassetsbury Mill, Manor, Stables, and Barn.
Local climate
Chequers sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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