For anyone considering a two or three-story house in Britain, a word of advice - don't. We seldom look forward to Summer these days.
In Winter you can't use the study on the ground floor without thermal underwear, gloves and a furnace and in Summer the top floor is uninhabitable. We could rent it out as a sweat box. You can feel the change in temperature as you move from floor to floor and you can open as many windows as you like, there is no "through draft".

Each floor has it's own microclimate...
Ground Floor = Winter: Arctic / Summer: Cool
First Floor = Winter: Chilly / Summer: Stuffy
Second Floor = Winter: Ambient / Summer: Sauna

The weekend was rough, but at least we "escaped" for a few hours to the cinema for a movie and free aircon.

Call me a partypooper if you must, but I for one am looking forward to the storms at the weekend.