Alscot Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. House.

Alscot 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
26 April 1985
Type
House
Address
Alscot Farmhouse, Alscot Lane, Princes Risborough
OS grid reference
SP 803 044
Coordinates
51.73313, -0.83857
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Alscot Farmhouse is a house that dates back to the 17th century, with alterations made in the mid-18th century and 19th century. The structure features a timber frame with 17th-century brick infill on the right gable. The front and left gables have been rebuilt in brick, with the front ground floor made of mid-18th-century red and vitreous chequer brick, and the remainder in 19th-century brick. The roof is covered with 20th-century interlocking tiles, and there are chimneys with paired shafts of thin brick between the right bays and a 19th-century brick chimney on the front left.

The farmhouse is two storeys high, with three bays and a lobby entry. It has wooden casements with single horizontal glazing bars, featuring three-light windows on the first floor and the left ground floor, and a four-light window on the right ground floor. The ground floor windows have gauged brick heads. A 20th-century gabled brick porch with a half-glazed door is located between the right bays, and there is a 19th-century lean-to at the rear.

Inside, the original rear wall and partitions display timber framing, and there are chamfered spine beams in the right bays and a stop-chamfered spine beam in the left bay. An old winder staircase aligns with the chimney, and the fireplace in the right bay features a shallow depressed arch made of chamfered brick.

Local climate

Alscot Farmhouse 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 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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