Old Retort House and Chimney South-East Corner of Grape House Yard, Cliveden is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. Gasworks.
Old Retort House and Chimney South-East Corner of Grape House Yard, Cliveden
- WRENN ID
- over-sandstone-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1985
- Type
- Gasworks
- Address
- Old Retort House and Chimney South-East Corner of Grape House Yard, Cliveden, Cliveden Road, Taplow
- OS grid reference
- SU 912 855
- Coordinates
- 51.56156, -0.68454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Retort House and chimney, located at the south-east corner of Grape House Yard in Cliveden, dates from the 19th century. It is constructed of red brick and features a corrugated iron roof. This building is the remains of the Estate Gasworks. The chimney is cement-rendered to resemble a tree trunk.
Local climate
Old Retort House and Chimney South-East Corner of Grape House Yard, Cliveden 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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