The Old Bakehouse is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. A C17 House.

The Old Bakehouse

WRENN ID
ruined-pedestal-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1985
Type
House
Address
The Old Bakehouse, Lower Winchendon, Nether Winchendon
OS grid reference
SP 729 119
Coordinates
51.80103, -0.94385
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Bakehouse is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century. It features a timber-framed structure with brick infill, and is partly reclad in 18th-century brick. The building has a mainly rubblestone plinth and old tile roofs. It is two storeys high, with the south wing being slightly lower, and has an L-shaped plan with each wing consisting of two bays.

The house has board doors located at the angle and on the west wall of the south wing. The north wing displays a timber-framed east gable elevation with a rendered gable, and the ground floor includes a 4-light casement window. The north elevation features two large stacks, both with offsets to one side, and a rubblestone tiled oven projection. The west gable elevation has 2-light casements, a band course, exposed posts, and a rendered gable. The south elevation showcases exposed framing, with the south wing having 2-light casements at the centre and opposing doors where it meets the north wing, along with a band course. The gable stack is made of old thin bricks with a rubblestone lower part.

Inside, there is some 17th-century panelling above an inglenook fireplace, along with chamfered and stopped spine beams.

Local climate

The Old Bakehouse 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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