The Forelands is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1951. Residential. 3 related planning applications.
The Forelands
- WRENN ID
- strange-parapet-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1951
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- The Forelands, Red Lion Street, Chesham, HP5 1EX
- OS grid reference
- SP 960 013
- Coordinates
- 51.70247, -0.61145
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forelands is a building dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is constructed of red and grey brick and features a hipped tiled roof. The building has two storeys and includes a first-floor band and a coved cornice. On the southeast elevation, there are four flush sash windows with glazing bars, which are set under cambered relieving arches. There is a late 19th century or early 20th century bay window on the left side of the ground floor. The door on the northwest elevation is framed by reeded Doric pilasters and has an entablature adorned with paterae and a dentil cornice. Additionally, there is a single-storey wing on the northwest side that is at right angles to the main structure and features three sash windows.
Local climate
The Forelands 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- 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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