Latimer House (National Defence College) is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1984. Mansion. 5 related planning applications.
Latimer House (National Defence College)
- WRENN ID
- worn-newel-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1984
- Type
- Mansion
- Address
- Latimer House (National Defence College), Latimer and Ley Hill, HP5 1UG
- OS grid reference
- SU 999 988
- Coordinates
- 51.67941, -0.55556
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Latimer House, also known as the National Defence College, is a symmetrical red brick mansion built between 1834 and 1838 by E Blore. It features two storeys with attics in a Tudor style, complete with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. The building has moulded octagonal shafts on the stacks, crenellated parapets, and mullioned and transomed casements.
The south front showcases three shallow projecting gabled bays within a total of nine bays. The east or entrance front consists of five bays, with the outer bays being gabled and projecting. A central porch is topped with an oriel window and features a date plaque from 1863. Inside, there is an entrance hall and staircase located behind a rib-vaulted passage, along with other rib-vaulted ceilings.
A link range connects to the north courtyard, which includes north and west ranges of two storeys, and an east screen wall that is battlemented. At the southeast angle of the north range, there is a clock tower topped with a cupola.
Local climate
Latimer House (National Defence College) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
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