The Poplars is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1976. House. 1 related planning application.
The Poplars
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-soffit-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Poplars, Lower Way, Padbury, MK18 2AX
- OS grid reference
- SP 720 306
- Coordinates
- 51.96995, -0.95271
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Poplars is a house dating from the mid-to-late 18th century. It is constructed of plum-coloured brick with red brick dressings and has a thatched roof, with chimneys at each end. The front facade has three bays. The ground floor features five-light bay windows in the outer bays, linked by a cornice hood sheltering the central metal entrance door. Sash windows are located on the first floor. A lower wing to the right side has three paired casement windows, the one on the right being metal-framed, with a central chimney stack.
Local climate
The Poplars 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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 — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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