Boat House 170 Metres to South East of Wittington is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1987. Boathouse.

Boat House 170 Metres to South East of Wittington

WRENN ID
high-basalt-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 January 1987
Type
Boathouse
OS grid reference
SU 822 843
Coordinates
51.55168, -0.81512
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The boat house, located 170 meters southeast of Wittington, was built around 1900 by Sir Reginald Blomfield for Hudson Ewbanke Kearley. It is constructed of red brick with a stone band course and chamfered quoins. The building features a moulded wooden eaves cornice with modillions and a pyramid roof made of Westmorland slate, although the wooden finial is missing.

On the southwest side, there is a brick chimney topped with a moulded stone cap and a stone keyblock above an arched recessed panel. The rectangular structure contains two small rooms and a balcony over the boathouse. The northwest side has a gauged head over the doorway leading to the upper part and a boarded window. Steps on the southwest side lead down to the boathouse.

The southeast side, which faces the River Thames, features a gauged brick arch to the boathouse with a keyblock that breaks into the band course. Above the boathouse is a balcony with a rendered parapet. The room that opens onto the balcony has a row of four 3-pane sash windows and a central doorway. Some of the sashes are missing glazing bars, and the doorway has a wooden semi-circular arch with a keyblock and panelled spandrels. Inside this room, there is a small corner fireplace and a moulded cornice, while the rear room contains a kitchen fireplace.

Local climate

Boat House 170 Metres to South East of Wittington 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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