Freshfields is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1982. Cottage.

Freshfields

WRENN ID
tangled-latch-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1982
Type
Cottage
Address
Freshfields, Silver Hill, Chalfont St. Giles
OS grid reference
SU 989 935
Coordinates
51.63247, -0.57229
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Freshfields is an 18th-century, two-storey, one-bay cottage located on the north side of Silver Hill in Chalfont St Giles. The cottage is constructed of red brick and features cogged eaves. It has paired casement windows and cambered openings on the ground floor, with a boarded door positioned to the left. The building has end stacks and is topped with an old tile roof.

Local climate

Freshfields 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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