Downley Farm Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1976. House.

Downley Farm Cottage

WRENN ID
rooted-quoin-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1976
Type
House
Address
Downley Farm Cottage, Plomer Green Lane
OS grid reference
SU 847 951
Coordinates
51.6489, -0.77624
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Downley Farm Cottage is a house dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century, with alterations and extensions added to the rear in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The front is made of whitewashed brick, featuring a dentilled band course at the first floor and a rendered plinth. The gables are brick, with the left side pebbledashed and the right side weatherboarded. The rear extensions are constructed from brick and flint, topped with old tile roofs and a central brick chimney. The cottage is two storeys high and has two bays. It features three-light barred wooden casements, with the ground floor windows having segmental arches; the lower left window was replaced in the 20th century. There is a central 20th-century board door and 20th-century three-light wooden casements in the right gable. The rear bays were built in different styles during the 19th century, with the left bay having a hipped roof with dentil eaves and some flint, while the right bay is gabled. Inside, there are some traces of timber framing.

Local climate

Downley Farm Cottage 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 84% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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