The Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1984. Museum, story centre. 6 related planning applications.
The Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre
- WRENN ID
- rooted-marble-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1984
- Type
- Museum, story centre
- Address
- The Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre, The Roald Dahl Museum &Amp; Story Centre, 81-83, High Street, Great Missenden, HP16 0AL
- OS grid reference
- SP 895 012
- Coordinates
- 51.70247, -0.70615
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre, located at Nos 81 and 83 on the east side of High Street in Great Missenden, is a building that dates back to the 17th century but was refronted in the early 19th century. The exterior is rendered and painted, topped with an old tiled roof.
The structure is two storeys high and features a carriage arch in the center, with a sash window located in the gable above. The entrance to No 81 is on the left, adorned with pilasters and a cornice. To the left of this door is a modern casement window, while to the right is a sash window. The first floor has three sash windows.
On the right side, No 83 has a plain door, with a modern window to the left and a sash window to the right. The first floor of No 83 contains two sash windows. Inside the carriage arch, timber-framing is visible. This building was formerly known as the Buckingham Arms Inn.
Local climate
The Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- 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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