The Aristocrat is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1973. Public house. 3 related planning applications.
The Aristocrat
- WRENN ID
- heavy-tracery-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1973
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Aristocrat, Wendover Road, Aylesbury, HP21 7SZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 823 131
- Coordinates
- 51.81105, -0.80649
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Aristocrat, formerly known as the Horse and Jockey Public House, features 19th century alterations to an earlier 17th or 18th century building. It is constructed of stucco with an old tiled roof and consists of one storey and attics. The building has a central small gable with a two-light casement window, flanked by two canted oriel casement bays that have sash windows with 19th century glazing bars, supported by pairs of brackets. The central entrance door is half glazed and has a cornice hood on brackets. The west side displays ornamental 19th century bargeboards. To the left, there is a two-storey wing with a Welsh slate roof and a sash window featuring glazing bars. At the rear, there are modern single-storey wings, with cornices and dentil detailing on the back elevation.
Local climate
The Aristocrat receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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