Wheelwrights is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1967. House. 1 related planning application.

Wheelwrights

WRENN ID
rooted-iron-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1967
Type
House
Address
Wheelwrights, Dorton Road, Chilton, HP18 9NA
OS grid reference
SP 686 115
Coordinates
51.7983, -1.00527
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wheelwrights is a house that dates back to the medieval period and was altered in the 16th century. It features a timber frame with brick infill, except for the north wing, which has a rubblestone north elevation and a ground floor facing the road. The building has old tile roofs. The north crosswing is followed by a south bay, which was formerly part of a medieval open hall, and there is a single-storey south range that has been modernly rebuilt with planted timber and colourwashed rendered infill.

The older part of the house is two storeys high and has leaded casements, with three lights on the ground floor and two lights on the first floor. The entrance is located in the modern south range. In the remaining bay of the south range, a medieval cruck truss is exposed in the south gable above the roof of the modern rebuilt bays. The crosswing jetties over the road and features a curved bracket to the south, with a post that has been replaced by brick at the north end. The gable has curved bracing, and there is a stack on the north wall.

Local climate

Wheelwrights 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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