Cliveden is a Grade I listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. A Circa 1850-1 House. 37 related planning applications.
Cliveden
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Cliveden, Cliveden Road, Taplow, SL6 0JF
- OS grid reference
- SU 910 851
- Coordinates
- 51.55817, -0.68831
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cliveden is a Grade I listed building, constructed around 1850-1851 by Sir Charles Barry. It is located on Cliveden Road in Taplow, on the site of a house built by William Winde between 1674 and 1677 for George Villiers, the Second Duke of Buckingham.
The entrance facade, facing north, is designed in a Cinquecento style and features three storeys with nine bays. The ground floor includes a central three-bay porte cochere, added in 1869 by H Clutton, which is supported by coupled Tuscan columns and flanked by arched windows with Gibbs surrounds. The upper floors are rusticated and adorned with Ionic pilasters. The first-floor windows are topped with pediments and blank balconies, while the second-floor windows are set in moulded surrounds. A frieze with an incised Latin inscription runs along the top, and a balustrade with urns completes the design. Low balustraded quadrants with attached Tuscan columns connect the main building to two-storeyed side wings that have seven bays, with the central three bays slightly advanced.
The interior was altered and redecorated by J Loughborough Pearson for Lord Astor in the 1890s. Notable features include a genuine Francois-Premier fireplace in the hall and authentic French Rococo panelling from the chateau of Asmores, dating to around 1755, in the dining room.
The garden facade, facing south, is similar to the entrance front but includes an additional single-storeyed bay on either side and is elevated above two terraces.
Local climate
Cliveden 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 86% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Related listed building consents — 37 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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