Barkers is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. House.
Barkers
- WRENN ID
- buried-stronghold-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Barkers, White Lion Road, Amersham
- OS grid reference
- SU 980 976
- Coordinates
- 51.6695, -0.58292
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Barkers is a building that dates from the early 17th century or earlier and has been altered over time. It features a timber frame with parts that are cased in 18th-century brick and has an old tiled roof. The structure is two storeys high, with a gabled wing on the right that has a jettied upper floor, exposing the ends of the joists and the framing below, with tile hanging above. To the left, there is an 18th-century door with six fielded panels, an old frame, and a leaded fanlight, along with a modern open porch.
On the left side, there is a three-light leaded casement window with a segmental arch, and above it, on the first floor, there are two more three-light leaded casements with brick gables above. The left-hand gable and parts of the rear elevation show exposed framing, which is covered with oak boards. The building has a large lateral chimney, a modern wing, and a second chimney located in the gable end of the cross wing.
Inside, the building retains exposed framing, including chamfered ceiling beams, jowled posts, and curved wind braces. There is also an inserted staircase featuring 17th-century turned balusters.
Local climate
Barkers 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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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