Savay Farm, The Savay is a Grade I listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. A C14 Hall house.

Savay Farm, The Savay

WRENN ID
mired-spindle-hemlock
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
Country
England
Type
Hall house
Address
Savay Farm, The Savay, Savay Lane, Denham, UB9 5NJ
OS grid reference
TQ 046 880
Coordinates
51.58157, -0.49054
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Savay Farm, located on Savay Lane in Denham, is a 14th-century hall house that has been altered over time. The building features a timber frame with red brick nogging and an old tile roof, arranged in an H-plan over two storeys. The windows have modern leaded lights, and there is a 15th-century door with battens and strap hinges. The late 14th-century south-west gable extends on brackets and has exposed corbels, with a tympanum that is cement rendered and shows exposed timbers. A modern wing on the north-west side is similar in style but does not have the oversailing feature.

Inside, the south half of the hall contains a 16th-century mural, while the first floor features two 4-centred arches at the head of the north-east staircase, along with a tie beam and king post in the south-west room. There are additional murals over the south-west part of the hall, dated 1606, depicting the second chapter of Exodus with characters dressed in Jacobean costume. The building also includes a few pieces of old stained glass set in the windows and three cast-iron firebacks, two from the 16th century (one dated 1558) and one from the Carolean period.

To the left of the main house, there is a one-storey building that extends from the front, constructed of stock brick with an old tile roof. The open end nearest to the house features four wooden Roman Doric columns and an entablature, with a timber gallery along the back wall.

Local climate

Savay Farm, The Savay sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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