Barn and Cottage to North West of Number 4 (Dove House) and Witchert Walls Fronting Townside is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Barn, cottage.

Barn and Cottage to North West of Number 4 (Dove House) and Witchert Walls Fronting Townside

WRENN ID
hidden-doorway-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1951
Type
Barn, cottage
Address
Barn and Cottage to North West of Number 4 (Dove House) and Witchert Walls Fronting Townside, High Street, Haddenham
OS grid reference
SP 739 087
Coordinates
51.77256, -0.92957
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building consists of a barn and a cottage located to the north-west of Number 4 (Dove House), along with witchert walls that face Townside. The structure dates from the early 18th century and features a timber-framed barn with weatherboard cladding. The east elevation of the cottage and part of its south elevation are made with brick infill panels. The roof is thatched, hipped towards the road, and has a half-hip for the cottage. There is also a two-bay, two-storey witchert addition that connects the cottage to Dove House.

The barn has six bays, with the fifth bay from the road now serving as a games room, and the sixth bay converted into the cottage, which includes an additional bay beyond a brick stack. The south elevation features a cart door in the fourth bay from the east, leaded windows in the games room bay, and brick infill above. The cottage bays have leaded casements and two thatched projections. The east gable also has leaded casements. The barn's roof includes curved principal trusses and raking wall struts.

On the road elevation to the west, the barn is constructed of witchert and roughcast, with central cast doors. A high witchert wall extends north and south along Townside, built on a rubble plinth and topped with pantile copings. At the south end of this wall, there is a hipped thatched garden room.

Local climate

Barn and Cottage to North West of Number 4 (Dove House) and Witchert Walls Fronting Townside receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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