Lesters is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. House.

Lesters

WRENN ID
solemn-latch-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1985
Type
House
Address
Lesters, 15, Little Ickford
OS grid reference
SP 652 070
Coordinates
51.75821, -1.05548
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lesters is a house dating from the late 16th century, with extensions added in the 17th century. It features a timber-framed structure with colourwashed plaster and colourwashed brick infill, topped by a half-hipped thatched roof. The building consists of three bays and is 1½ storeys high.

On the left side, there is a single-storey modern addition with a plain tiled roof and two 2-light casement windows. To the right, there is a garage addition, also with a plain tiled roof. The main entrance is located at the right of the centre bay, accompanied by a small window to its right. There is a 3-light casement window to the left of the door and a 2-light casement to the right. The right-hand bays feature two eaves dormers, and between these is a small stair window located under the eaves.

A 16th-century brick stack is positioned between the right-hand bays, with stairs in front, while a left-hand gable stack is also present. Inside, the 16th-century stack includes stone fireplace arches, with a chamfered 4-centred arch on the right side of the ground floor and a depressed arched design on the first floor, both sides. The left-hand ground floor side has a chamfered timber lintel. The interior also features chamfered spine beams. An oven at the rear of the stack projects into the garden and is covered by a thatched catslide roof.

Local climate

Lesters 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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