Ardenham House is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1952. House. 1 related planning application.
Ardenham House
- WRENN ID
- pitched-portal-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ardenham House, Oxford Road, Aylesbury, HP19 8AA
- OS grid reference
- SP 816 141
- Coordinates
- 51.81992, -0.81647
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ardenham House, built around 1780-1790 for the sister-in-law of the sculptor Nollekens, is a three-storey red brick building. The front features a parapet with panels of blind balustrading above a moulded string cornice. It has a three-bay layout with two square windows and a central three-light semi-circular window on the second floor. The first floor includes two tall windows with keystones above the arches and a central three-light window with a frieze and cornice above. On the ground floor, there are two windows and a central four-panel door, with the upper panels glazed, topped by a rectangular fanlight featuring three ovals. This entrance is framed by a Doric porch with columns, wall pilasters, a fluted frieze with roundel ornament, and a moulded cornice. To the left, there is a one-storey wing with a four-pane wide window on the right, a central four-panel door with an ogee-shaped doorhead, and a two-light casement window to the left, also with a similar head. The garden front was altered in the late 19th century. Inside, the house retains contemporary decoration and fireplaces.
Local climate
Ardenham House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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