1, Francis Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. House.

1, Francis Yard

WRENN ID
strange-copper-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
1, Francis Yard, Chesham
OS grid reference
SP 959 015
Coordinates
51.70418, -0.6127
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

1 Francis Yard is a 17th-century building featuring a timber framework with whitewashed plaster infilling and an old tiled roof. It stands two storeys high with attics and has five modern flush set casement windows. The building has three roof gables, and the ground floor includes a modern whitewashed bay.

Local climate

1, Francis Yard sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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