Wall Fronting Road with Garden Rooms at Each End at Number 2 (Fort End House) is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Boundary wall, garden rooms.
Wall Fronting Road with Garden Rooms at Each End at Number 2 (Fort End House)
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-spandrel-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Boundary wall, garden rooms
- Address
- Wall Fronting Road with Garden Rooms at Each End at Number 2 (Fort End House), Thame Road, Haddenham
- OS grid reference
- SP 739 088
- Coordinates
- 51.77364, -0.92914
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The structure is a boundary wall with garden rooms at each end, located at Number 2, known as Fort End House. It dates from the 18th and 19th centuries and is constructed of witchert. The wall features a high rubblestone plinth, is roughcast, and has a coping made of tile and ridge tile.
The garden room on the south-east side has a pyramidal roof covered with old tiles, a board door on its west side, and a north-facing leaded casement window with two lights. The garden room on the south-west side has a pyramidal thatched roof, a board door facing east, and a north-facing two-light casement window.
Local climate
Wall Fronting Road with Garden Rooms at Each End at Number 2 (Fort End House) 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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