Diffords Kitchen Flat 1 King's Stores the Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. House with shop.

Diffords Kitchen Flat 1 King's Stores the Old House

WRENN ID
solitary-flue-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1985
Type
House with shop
Address
Diffords Kitchen Flat 1 King's Stores the Old House, Upper Church Street, Cuddington, HP18 0AP
OS grid reference
SP 738 111
Coordinates
51.79398, -0.93118
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Diffords Kitchen is a house with a shop located at 1 King's Stores in Cuddington. It dates back to the 17th century and has undergone some alterations. The building is constructed from rubblestone with brick dressings, and the left gable bay is rendered and colourwashed, while the right flank elevation is also rendered. It features old tile roofs and stands two storeys tall with two irregular bays. The left bay has a modern shopfront with a tiled lean-to roof, and a three-light casement window is positioned off centre on the first floor. The gable is topped with a brick coping. The right bay contains a three-light casement window set under a segmental arch and has a gable stack. The side elevation displays two gables, irregular casements, and a central six-panel door with a bracket hood. The brick gables are complemented by cast iron spearhead railings in the front garden.

Local climate

Diffords Kitchen Flat 1 King's Stores the Old 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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