St David's is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1986. House.
St David's
- WRENN ID
- outer-beam-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- St David's, the Common, Downley
- OS grid reference
- SU 847 956
- Coordinates
- 51.65309, -0.77631
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St. David's is a house from the early to mid-18th century, constructed of flint with brick dressings and topped with an old tile roof. It features a central brick chimney and a lobby entry with a staircase projection extending to the rear, along with later rear outshots. The building has two storeys and an attic, consisting of two bays. It has a plinth with chequered offsets and a first-floor band that includes a central course of glazed brick. The windows are paired barred wooden casements with segmental heads on the ground floor, which also has chequered detailing. Above, on the first floor, there is a similar window located above a 20th-century gabled flint and brick porch that features arched stained glass windows. To the left, there is a later altered doorway with a sash window, while a 20th-century extension is set back to the left and a small shed is set back to the right. The rear outshots include large 20th-century dormer windows. Inside, the house has spine beams with narrow stopped chamfers, a winder stair, and old board doors.
Local climate
St David's sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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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