Widgenton is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1950. House.
Widgenton
- WRENN ID
- tilted-turret-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- Widgenton, Oxford Road, Beaconsfield, HP9 1XA
- OS grid reference
- SU 939 898
- Coordinates
- 51.59979, -0.64495
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Widgenton is an early 18th-century house constructed of red brick, featuring an old tile hipped roof behind a parapet. The building stands three storeys tall, with the first and second floors displaying five sash windows. All windows are set flush and have segmental heads with glazing bars. A moulded brick stringcourse runs above the first-floor windows. The ground floor has a central door framed by a Tuscan pedimented doorcase, with a modern bay window on each side. Inside, one room on the ground floor is adorned with panelling that includes recesses and a fireplace, which is contemporary with the house and dated 1711.
To the left of the house is a 16th-century barn that has been extensively restored and is now integrated into the house. This barn is timber-framed with brick nogging and an old tile roof, consisting of three bays and a central gabled former waggon entrance that is two storeys high, with the roof sloping down to one storey on either side. Additionally, there is a converted 19th-century stable on the left, made of red brick with an old tile roof, featuring a central door and a hay-loft entrance above, along with one modern two-light casement window on each side.
Local climate
Widgenton 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 1 transaction since 2013
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