Varnell's is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1986. House.

Varnell's

WRENN ID
hushed-paling-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 January 1986
Type
House
Address
Varnell's, Hambleden
OS grid reference
SU 782 867
Coordinates
51.57397, -0.87221
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Varnell's is a house built in the mid-18th century, with alterations made in the late 19th century. The building features brick fronts on the north and east sides, while the rest is constructed of flint and brick. It has a moulded wooden eaves cornice, a hipped old tile roof, and a central brick chimney. The house is designed in an L-shape, with two storeys and an attic, and consists of two bays.

The east front displays 19th-century sash windows in modified openings on the ground floor to the left and on the first floor, along with late 19th-century French doors to the right and a blocked window in the centre of the first floor. There are two hipped dormers featuring paired wooden casements with glazed cheeks. A central late 19th-century porch projection made of brick has a gauged flat arch above double half-glazed doors.

On the north front, there are narrow four-pane sashes with moulded frames, and the ground floor windows have gauged heads. A small central hipped projection from the late 19th to early 20th century features diagonal boarding and leaded glazing. To the right, there are lean-to and 20th-century extensions.

Local climate

Varnell's 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 83% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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