Ashwell's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1982. A Medieval Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Ashwell's Farmhouse

WRENN ID
carved-banister-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1982
Type
Farmhouse
Period
Medieval
Address
Ashwell's Farmhouse, Windsor Lane, Little Missenden, HP16 0DZ
OS grid reference
SU 894 988
Coordinates
51.68157, -0.70743
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ashwell's Farmhouse is a 15th-century timber-framed hall house originally comprising two bays. The roof space shows smoke blackening, indicating its historic use as a working farmhouse. The original two-story bay is located on the right, while the structure was recased in the 18th century and extended to the left and at a right angle to the right. A floor was inserted into the hall during the 17th or late 16th century, and a large, double-sided inglenook fireplace was added to the hall bay. The early two-story section retains plain spine beams and joists, which are chamfered and have stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops at the inserted floor level. The front of the house is constructed of flint with brick dressings and a band course, and features modern windows. A former lobby entry is positioned in front of the stack. The building has old tile roofs. A north-west range, one and a half storeys high with one dormer window, is present, along with a south-east range also one and a half storeys high.

Local climate

Ashwell's Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • 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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