Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1985. House. 9 related planning applications.
Manor Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Manor Farmhouse, Lower Winchendon, Nether Winchendon, HP18 0EA
- OS grid reference
- SP 732 122
- Coordinates
- 51.80408, -0.93962
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manor Farmhouse is a large house dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries. The building is timber-framed, with exposed timber and brick infill on the south range, and the remainder of the structure reclad and partially replaced with later 17th-century brickwork. The north elevation of the south range is of brick with rubble dressings. The roofs are covered in old tiles, and all windows have leaded glazing. The house has two storeys plus an attic, and a basement is located under the south range. It follows a letter-Z plan, with a north wing projecting to the east and a south wing extending towards the west.
The south wing has a basement window with moulded brick mullions. The attic has three tile-hung gables. The north elevation of the south wing provides three bays, the final bay displaying exposed framing and a board door, alongside two bays of rubblestone construction. An old diamond-leaded glass window is found on the first floor of the right-hand side. The east gable elevation is roughcast. An early 17th-century brick stack is present on the west gable, with a rubble lower portion, a brick upper portion, and diamond shafts flanking a square one.
The main block’s west elevation is brick and features a large projecting stack occupying one-and-a-half bays out of five. This stack has a rubble base, a brick upper section, and three diamond shafts. A six-panel door is situated in the third bay. Single-light transomed casements flank the stack, followed by two bays of cross casements, with the left bay containing blank windows. A band course and a moulded eaves cornice are also present. A two-light hipped dormer is visible. The brick east elevation features two ground-floor cross casements and a six-panel door in the third bay to the right, with first-floor casements above. The attic has a right-hand gable with roughcast infill to the timber frame.
The north wing's south elevation has French doors on the right-hand side. Two bays are visible, with a first-floor left-hand casement and a render panel replacing a window on the right. The east gable features a prominent early 17th-century stack with a rubble lower part and a brick upper part, incorporating one diamond and one square shaft. The north front of the north wing has five bays of cross casements, a band course, and box eaves. An oak door, dated '1620,' is positioned in the angle of the main block and the north wing.
The interior features two ground-floor rooms with late 17th-century panelling, box cornices, and window shutters. Much of the original timber framing is exposed, along with some old batten doors. The structure includes chamfered spine and cross beams with run-out stops.
Local climate
Manor Farmhouse 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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