The Gardeners' Bothy and trellis arches to its east is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 2020. A C19 Garden bothy. 6 related planning applications.

The Gardeners' Bothy and trellis arches to its east

WRENN ID
second-sill-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 2020
Type
Garden bothy
Address
The Gardeners' Bothy and trellis arches to its east, Penn School, Penn, High Wycombe, Chepping Wycombe, HP10 8LZ
OS grid reference
SU 906 934
Coordinates
51.63281, -0.69223
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a gardeners’ bothy dating from the mid to late 19th century, possibly designed by David Brandon or A Vernon. It is constructed of flint stone with red brick dressings, and has a plain tile and fishscale tiled roof. The building extends over two floors, with two rooms on each level.

The exterior features windows with cambered heads and red brick surrounds. A moulded brick string course runs around the building between the floors. The western facade has a projecting gabled wing on the left, featuring a tripartite window at ground floor level and a two-light window above. The gable above is half-hipped and topped with a sceptre finial. To the right is a lean-to porch with a Tudor arch, and a small first-floor window. Further to the right, a two-light ground-floor window is slightly recessed. The northern side is largely blind, with a small ground-floor window on the left. A large chimney stack rises diagonally upwards, featuring stone offsets and having been truncated at the top. The east front has a projecting gabled wing on the right, with a central doorway to the ground floor. A section of brick walling surrounds the doorway and contains metal hooks arranged in a pointed arch, originally intended to anchor wires for a plant support frame extending eastwards to meet a brick archway. Above the doorway is a two-light window with a half-hipped gable and a sceptre finial. The south front has a projecting gabled wing on the left which is blind. To the right is recessed walling with a ground-floor door featuring a Tudor arch. A section of garden wall extends to the left, incorporating an arched gateway with a stepped head near the bothy.

The interior rooms on each floor are simple, with original panelled doors that have chamfered edges and a fire surround on the ground floor.

To the east of the bothy are three freestanding brick archways, originally providing ends to the plant support frames. These are decorative, featuring pilaster buttresses flanking a central pointed arch, and panels of encaustic tiles, with stepped tops and a dentil cornice formed from moulded bricks.

Local climate

The Gardeners' Bothy and trellis arches to its east sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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