London House is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1995. House. 1 related planning application.

London House

WRENN ID
silent-belfry-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stafford
Constituency
Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 December 1995
Type
House
Address
London House, 28, High Street, Eccleshall, ST21 6BZ
OS grid reference
SJ 830 291
Coordinates
52.85971, -2.25355
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

London House is a house with a shop on the ground floor, likely built in the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is constructed of rendered brick and features the remains of a moulded stone plinth course at the front. The roof is covered with clay plain tiles and has gabled ends, with brackets supporting the eaves at the front. There are brick stacks at the axial and gable ends.

The building has a roughly square plan and is two rooms deep. The ground floor has been altered for use as a shop, and there is a 20th-century single-storey wing at the rear. The exterior consists of three storeys, an attic, and a cellar. The symmetrical south front has two windows and features late 19th-century four-pane sash windows on the first and second floors, with the second floor windows being smaller. Plain giant corner pilasters are present, and to the left of centre, there is a lead drain-pipe. The ground floor includes a late 19th-century double-fronted shop on the right with a central doorway and canopy, and a 20th-century projecting shop window on the left.

At the rear, there are three early 18th-century two and three-light mullion-transom windows and two two-light casements on the second floor, all with iron casements. The ground floor has 20th-century windows and the single-storey wing.

Inside, the ground floor has been altered, but the staircase hall remains intact. The first and second floors feature 18th-century joinery, including fielded two-panel doors and wall panelling in the first-floor room, which has a simple cornice and Delft tiles in the fireplace. The staircase is an open-well design with a moulded string, thick turned balusters, a moulded handrail, and square newels with pendants and long turned finials. The cellar, located under the front right-hand part of the house, is lined with rough ashlar.

Local climate

London House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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