Spider's Web is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. House.
Spider's Web
- WRENN ID
- lesser-balcony-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Spider's Web, 59, High Street, Whitchurch
- OS grid reference
- SP 801 208
- Coordinates
- 51.88063, -0.83712
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Spider's Web is a Grade II listed house, originally a pair of cottages, dating from the 17th century and altered over time. The building features a timber frame with whitewashed brick infill, while the rear and right bays of the front have been rebuilt in whitewashed brick. The rear of the house has a rubble stone plinth. It has a thatched roof with an external brick chimney on the left and a rebuilt brick chimney situated between the right bays. The house is one storey with an attic and consists of four bays. The ground floor showcases irregular barred wooden casements, and the central bays feature gabled eaves-line dormers with three-light wooden casements. There are two entries to the rear in lean-to extensions.
Local climate
Spider's Web 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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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