Bone House is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Bone House
- WRENN ID
- kindled-dormer-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Bone House, 10, High Street, Haddenham, HP17 8ER
- OS grid reference
- SP 739 086
- Coordinates
- 51.77166, -0.92907
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bone House is a cottage dated 1807. It is constructed of witchert – a type of cob – with a colourwashed finish, set upon a colourwashed rubble stone plinth. The roof is of old tiles, with chimneys at each end. The cottage is two bays wide and two storeys high. A central door is situated within a shallow porch with a gabled roof. There are two-pane sash windows, and a small gable window on the first floor. The front elevation is decorated with a pattern of hearts and diamonds formed from sheep's knuckle bones, with arches featuring skulls and crossbones above the ground floor windows. Witchert implements are positioned above the door. The date, 1807, is displayed across the front, also constructed from knuckle bones. This represents a highly unusual form of decoration.
Local climate
Bone House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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