Shepwhites is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1996. Estate cottage.
Shepwhites
- WRENN ID
- lost-chapel-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1996
- Type
- Estate cottage
- Address
- Shepwhites, 59, Chenies
- OS grid reference
- TQ 021 978
- Coordinates
- 51.66996, -0.52392
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shepwhites is an estate cottage built in 1858 by the Bedford Estate and is similar in style to The Lodge on the village green. The cottage is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and features a tiled roof with three paired brick chimneystacks. It is two storeys high and has two windows, which are casements with leaded lights. The front of the building includes a right-side projecting gable with pendants, a left-side dormer also with pendants, and a central gabled porch that features pendants and a plank door.
Local climate
Shepwhites 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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- No related consent applications matched
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