Old Church House is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1966. A Medieval Former church. 2 related planning applications.

Old Church House

WRENN ID
lone-obsidian-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1966
Type
Former church
Period
Medieval
Address
Old Church House, Slapton, LU7 0QU
OS grid reference
SP 921 224
Coordinates
51.89306, -0.66268
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Church House is a former small church that has been converted into a house. It dates back to the 14th century, was restored in 1883, and underwent alterations in the 1970s. The building is constructed of limestone and ironstone rubble, with some brick patching, and features a tiled roof. It has a rectangular shape with a 20th-century wing to the south, forming a T-plan.

The original structure includes diagonal corner buttresses, with the northern ones rendered. At the west end, there is a 19th-century bellcote featuring a tile-hung base, cusped wooden arches, and a pyramidal lead roof topped with a ball finial. The east and west ends have three-light Decorated windows with reticulated tracery, both of which were restored in the 19th century, although the window on the east end is smaller.

On the north side, there are two paired 20th-century leaded casements with plain stone surrounds and transoms, along with a central door that has a 16th-century four-centred chamfered arch. The 19th-century gabled porch on the north side features a chamfered stone arch and stone quoins. The south side has a 16th-century two-light window with a stone mullion and flat head.

The 20th-century extension is one and a half storeys high, with rendered quoins, a small brick chimney, three-light leaded casements, and a plaque in the gable. There is also a 20th-century conservatory in the southwest angle. Inside, the building has had a floor inserted in part but retains niches with cinquefoil heads flanking the east window and two piscinae. The font and bell have been removed.

Local climate

Old Church House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • 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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