The Kennels is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1983. House.

The Kennels

WRENN ID
grey-pedestal-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 April 1983
Type
House
Address
The Kennels, Stowe
OS grid reference
SP 681 364
Coordinates
52.02244, -1.00841
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Kennels is a former smithy that has been converted into a cottage, dating from the 18th century. It features chequered brickwork and a hipped tiled roof, and stands two storeys tall. The right-hand bay includes a cambered arch over a carriage entry, with a pair of casement windows above. The rest of the building has a central lobby entry with a trellis porch, flanked by paired casements that have cambered arches on the ground floor. There are single-storey lean-to extensions at both ends of the structure.

Local climate

The Kennels 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 79% 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 60% 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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