The Old Malt House Vine Leigh House is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1955. House. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Malt House Vine Leigh House

WRENN ID
hushed-loggia-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1955
Type
House
Address
The Old Malt House Vine Leigh House, Marlow Road, Little Marlow, SL8 5PL
OS grid reference
SU 886 881
Coordinates
51.58515, -0.72137
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Malt House and Vine Leigh House are two houses, with part of the structure believed to have been former maltings. Vine Leigh House, located on the right, is dated 1701 on a terracotta plaque and has been altered in the 19th century. The remaining part of the building dates from the late 18th century to early 19th century, with further alterations made in the early 20th century. The section from 1701 features chequer brick with gauged brick band courses at the first and second floor levels, a chamfered brick plinth, moulded wooden eaves, an old tile roof, and brick chimneys at the rear. It is two storeys tall with an attic and has late 19th-century fenestration that includes transomed three-light leaded windows, ornamental blind-boxes, and paired barred wooden casements in hipped eaves-line dormers. There are traces of four original bays with gauged heads over blocked windows, as well as a fire insurance plaque. A 20th-century door and doorcase are located in the right gable end, and there are outshots and 20th-century brick extensions at the rear.

The Old Malt House, on the left, is constructed of brick with dentil eaves, an old tile roof, and brick chimneys. It has an L-plan with a gabled wing projecting to the left and is two storeys tall, with a lower roofline than Vine Leigh House. The main wing features three 20th-century hipped semi-dormers with cross casements and an irregular ground floor that includes 20th-century transomed windows with three and four lights. The left ground floor window has a 20th-century sill and lintel, while the centre ground floor window retains an original segmental head, above which is a small blocked square opening. There is a late 18th-century two-panelled door with a leaded rectangular fanlight to the right, set in a 20th-century wooden doorcase with a wide cornice hood on fluted Doric pilasters. A canted dormer is located at the angle with the projecting wing, which has irregular leaded casements. The interior of the Old Malt House features an inserted floor and re-used timbers.

Local climate

The Old Malt House Vine Leigh House 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2007
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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