68 68a, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1984. House.

68 68a, High Street

WRENN ID
scarred-parapet-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 July 1984
Type
House
Address
68 68a, High Street, Great Missenden, HP16 0AL
OS grid reference
SP 894 012
Coordinates
51.70271, -0.70665
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 68 and 68A on High Street in Great Missenden are buildings dating from the 17th century or earlier. They feature a timber frame that was re-fronted in the 18th century with colour-washed brick, while the gable on the right is rendered. The buildings have an old tile roof and are two storeys high. The central entrance has a four-panel door with a small hood supported by shaped brackets. To the right of the entrance is a modern window, and to the left is a small shop window with a glazed door for No 68A. On the first floor, there are three 2-light casement windows, with the right-hand one located in the gable.

Local climate

68 68a, High Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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