Premises Occupied by George Holt and Son is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1973. Workshop.
Premises Occupied by George Holt and Son
- WRENN ID
- fading-step-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1973
- Type
- Workshop
- Address
- Premises Occupied by George Holt and Son, Desborough Street
- OS grid reference
- SU 856 933
- Coordinates
- 51.63283, -0.76442
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The premises occupied by George Holt and Son is a notable example of a chairmaking workshop from the 19th century, reflecting the traditional industry of the town. The building features a whitewashed brick ground floor and a weatherboarded first floor. The roof is covered with asbestos corrugated sheets. There are six two-light casements with glazing bars. A wide passageway is located on the right side of the ground floor, with a doorway on the first floor situated above this passage.
Local climate
Premises Occupied by George Holt and Son 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 84% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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