Western House is a Grade II* listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1949. A Restoration House. 3 related planning applications.
Western House
- WRENN ID
- lesser-cupola-scarlet
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1949
- Type
- House
- Period
- Restoration
- Address
- Western House, West Street, Marlow, SL7 2BS
- OS grid reference
- SU 844 863
- Coordinates
- 51.56975, -0.78251
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Western House, dating from 1699, is a two-storey building with an attic, constructed of chequer brick. It features a heavy wooden cornice with modillions and a hipped roof covered in old tiles. A moulded brick string course runs along the first floor level. The front has three bays, with a door on the left side that has a rectangular fanlight beneath a richly carved shell hood, which is supported by scroll brackets featuring an angel device. To the left, there is a two-storey service wing that projects at right angles. This house was the residence of architect Charles Fowler from 1852 to 1867.
Local climate
Western House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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